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midspeech

n. A point in time during a speech, or while one is speaking.

Usage examples of "midspeech".

He looked down into it and saw a skeleton, its sternum and ribs splintered, its massive skull with its shattered jaw opened as if caught in midspeech, the tarnished silver coins in the sockets of its eyes endowing it with an expression of sadness, astonishment, and reproach.

The whole ship must be—” Artoo Detoo cut him off in midspeech with some angry beepings and hoots of his own, though he continued to cut and pull with precision at the tangled high-voltage cables.

The preachers had to talk fast, and sometimes they broke off in midspeech to avoid the police.