He opened his mouth to continue, then paused thoughtfully.

He paused thoughtfully, then asked, "How good are you at climbing trees?"

As to my legitimacy," he paused thoughtfully, "that is something of which you cannot possibly have any knowledge.

He paused thoughtfully, smiled in dry fashion, then decided to call another number.

Then he paused thoughtfully a moment and pushed inward a long rod.

The leader, the thaan, paused thoughtfully for a long moment before he spoke.

He paused thoughtfully for a moment: then his face lightened.

Harriet paused thoughtfully as she put the last boot down.

He folded his sheet of notes in two and paused thoughtfully.

The woman paused thoughtfully before asking, "Are you sure?"