For a few moments, as the attacking ships reversed course at the end of the long canyon, there was a breathless pause in the colony settlement.

There was a long, breathless pause.

Suddenly, like thunder following lightning after a breathless pause, it hit her; she turned over on to her stomach and wept bitterly.

There was a kind of breathless pause before each realized he was looking at the enemy.

There was a breathless pause and a profound silence, during which all eyes were fixed upon him.

Then, a profound silence replaced the tumult that had so long been gathering, and a breathless pause ensued.

There was another breathless pause, one in which Uhura forced herself not to spin around to watch the transporter technician at work.

For a moment he hesitated, pondering the inexplicable lack of wind, the breathless pause in Shonsu's mission.

Her voice rang out clear, almost triumphant, in the midst of the breathless pause, caused by the previous swift questions and loud answers.

After a breathless pause, the trumpets sounded again; this time she could hear a faint answering call from outside.