Synonym: halt, impasse, pause, stop. Similar words: fits and starts, still, instill, united states constitution, sandstorm, instantaneous, till now, heart and soul. Meaning: ['stændstɪl] 
n. 1. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible 2. an interruption of normal activity.
n. 1. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible 2. an interruption of normal activity. 
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61. The economy comes to a virtual standstill as the population is forced to turn to print and writing for communication purposes.
62. The carriage came to a standstill as George was forced to stop for the flesh buyers blocking the way.
63. In fact the only new development is that the implementation of the peace plan has been brought to a standstill.
64. Achieving a standstill is vital for Heron if it is to make headway in rescheduling its debt.
65. For the first time in memory the ice bridge had come to a sudden standstill.
66. The opposition parties have brought proceedings in the Diet to a standstill.
67. If the electric power could be cut, industry everywhere would be brought to a standstill.
68. Everything is at a standstill and so many people in the underground, just sitting there with nowhere to go.
69. Read in studio Finally(sentence dictionary), traffic on a busy road was brought to a standstill this afternoon ... by a train.
70. Traffic was brought to a standstill on a busy stretch of the M-one today after cars and lorries became stuck in tar.
71. The platoon commanders barked their orders to dismount and the vehicles came to an abrupt standstill amongst the enemy.
72. You might fill half a page or a dozen pages before you come to a standstill.
73. However, enormous problems remained: inflation remained high, unemployment was rising and many areas of production were at a standstill.
74. On a tour through Gloucester, traffic came to a standstill,[sentencedict.com] as a procession made it's way through the streets.
75. And bringing an already faltering economy to its knees, transport workers brought the country to a virtual standstill in December.
76. While monetary union has made great strides, economic union is at a standstill.
77. Life on the island was in danger of coming to a standstill.
78. As soon as the propellers came to a standstill the passengers disembarked on to the parking bay in front of a small terminal building.
79. Transportation was at a standstill.
80. The work has come to a standstill.
81. We've come to a standstill.
82. We had ridden the willing horse to a standstill.
83. Production be at a standstill.
84. German shipping had thus come to a standstill.
85. MY SYSTEM HAS COME TO A STANDSTILL!
86. It isn't even an inch, but in this part of Oregon a slight dusting brings everything to a standstill as the one snowplow in the county gets busy clearing the roads.
87. Yet on maximal vagal stimulation, both atria and ventricles come to a standstill.
88. Effective speed identification in low speed and standstill area is an important item for speed sensorless control of asynchronous motor.
89. The survey boat drives itself to a standstill in the whaleback waves a few yards shy of the structure.
90. Every time I open as long as the roommate who Thunderbolt, everyone on the network almost been at a standstill, and the use Flashget to download something that is only the poor rate of a few KB.
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