Barbara Wells stopped with a bite halfway to her mouth.

I stopped a forkful of food halfway to my mouth and put it down.

Lucas stopped with a forkful of pasta halfway to his mouth.

His spoon stopped halfway to his mouth, and he looked at her in shock.

She stopped with the fork halfway to her mouth.

Dad stopped with a piece of steak on its way to his mouth.

Now I stopped the cup halfway to my mouth.

Why had her father's tankard stopped halfway to his mouth?

Vimes, a few yards away, stopped with the pie halfway to his mouth.

Even Massha had stopped with a bonbon halfway to her mouth.