Examples of using "помедлил" in a sentence and their english translations:
Tom hesitated in the doorway.
He hesitated before answering.
Tom hesitated a moment before speaking.
Tom paused a second.
He hesitated for a second.
He hesitated before answering.
He hesitated before answering.
And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.
And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him.
He hesitated before answering.