How to Use give (someone) pause in a Sentence

give (someone) pause

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• The answer should give pause to investors who plan to hold for the long run.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2020
• White played well enough to give pause on who would start once Wilson was healthy.
  — Dj Bien-Aime Ii, baltimoresun.com, 23 Nov. 2021
• But that answer might still give pause to people who view it as waffling.
  — Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
• The findings should give pause to researchers using mice to study pain as well.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2016
• That Olise was ridiculed should give pause for thought about how young footballers are treated.
  — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
• Such laws also ought to give pause to those who favor democracy.
  — Walter E Block, Orange County Register, 22 Mar. 2025
• Rallies like what happened last week might give pause to members of the public.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2021
• That should give pause as the rightful excitement grows about the Bowie group this year.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2021
• Seventy-three years later, details of the tragedy still give pause to those who hear them.
  — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
• This should give pause to critics of climate action who continue to invoke its cost.
  — Greg Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
• That may give pause to businesses hoping to hire chatbots to cut their human payrolls.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
• The improving metrics are cause for elation on many fronts, but several troubling trends give pause.
  — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2022
• This year’s surging turmoil — new crises, new wars and new economic slumps — would give pause to the greatest of optimists.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Yet the quick turnaround on Youngkin by Virginia's voters should give pause to those projections.
  — Neil J. Young, The Week, 25 Feb. 2022
• The details surrounding his death might give pause to even the most die-hard paddlers who visit the iconic canoe country.
  — Joe Friedrichs Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
• But Stefanik's somewhat moderate voting record could give pause to some members.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 13 May 2021
• These recent developments should give pause to lawmakers, such as Sens.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• That’s the fifth consecutive month of 5% or better Y/Y gains and may give pause for concern.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 3 June 2022
• Indeed, as change is determined to shake even the most brilliant businesses to the core, this trend should give pause, not reassurance.
  — Caterina Bulgarella, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• And in the theatrical business, a strong showing from Doctor Strange 2 may give pause to any future day-and-date plans.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2022
• Ryquell Armstead has been hospitalized at least twice — ought to give pause to those making decisions about whether to put players in harm’s way.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2020
• The trauma in Israel today should give pause to those thinking that Israel will simply acquiesce to a short tit for tat.
  — Natan Sachs, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
• But the Cincinnati game does give pause to the normal mindset of assuming the Mustangs will run over a team it’s favored to dominate.
  — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 30 Oct. 2020
• Yet his efforts in the past few weeks to roll back many environmental and climate change initiatives in favor of fossil fuel production should give pause.
  — Bella Kubach, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
• Perhaps that should give pause to those on the religious left inclined to dismiss Biden’s calls for healing—or at least prompt them to discern the deeper truth such calls point toward.
  — Matthew Sitman, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2021
• That should give pause to officials in the 16 states—from Maine to California—where a public option is on the table.
  — Sally Pipes, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• The dangers of failure should give pause to even those skeptical that civil-military relations are at risk in the United States.
  — Risa Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2022
• But Russia’s war against Ukraine has backfired and proved to be counterproductive in ways that will likely give pause to any would-be imitators.
  — John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2022
• While the premium price point might initially give pause, the results and efficiency of the product justify the investment.
  — Stixx Mathews, Essence, 8 Apr. 2025
• The guilty verdict in the case — returned within two hours on the first full day of deliberations — could give pause to other defendants planning to use similar arguments at their own trials.
  — New York Times, 2 May 2022