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Sentence count:113+7Posted:2017-02-19Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: haltimpassepausestopSimilar words: fits and startsstillinstillunited states constitutionsandstorminstantaneoustill nowheart and soulMeaning: ['stændstɪl]  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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31. Time has come to a standstill.
32. Business and legislation came to a standstill.
33. By that time, the dry months of deep summer had brought cotton growth to a near standstill.
34. The main characteristics of a period of standstill are: 1.
35. Sinn Fein is excluded from peace talks that are now at a virtual standstill.
36. With construction at a standstill, the dam stood half-complete across the buck River in Columbia, Tennessee.
37. From that moment the lock-out, or standstill, in the textile trade began.
38. Shipbuilding work at the Scotstoun yard has been at a standstill for a fortnight since pay negotiations broke down.
39. When Hardin did arrive at the capital world(Sentencedict.com ), it was to find all normal business at an absolute standstill.
40. Retailers, home sellers and transportation companies from airlines to freight haulers saw activity brought to a standstill in the blizzard.
41. The car rocked to a standstill in the walled and cobbled courtyard, outside the modern red-brick Stanford Park Hotel.
42. He would just sprint himself to a standstill in a couple of hundred metres.
43. So many people attended his funeral in Cheltenham, that the town was brought to a standstill.
44. The sun has come to a standstill, hours above the river and the opposite shore.
45. As she caught sight of the house, Breeze came to an abrupt standstill, nearly falling over her own feet.
46. He was at a standstill for just 7.5secs and returned with his lead still intact.
47. The pressure intensified and opium sales were at a standstill by 1838 when Lin Tse-hsu was appointed imperial commissioner in Canton.
48. The fact is that urban Britain faced not a period of standstill but of dramatic growth and reordering.
49. Bersin was applauded by tribal leaders and criticized by his peers for the standstill agreement.
50. After initial successes, Cunningham's offensive had been outflanked by Rommel and brought to a standstill.
51. Meanwhile, talks aimed at ending the strike remain at a standstill.
52. Then suddenly, as Bully pulled her to a standstill, she had an idea.
53. We left the Legation as the sun rose and our cars were constantly brought to a standstill in the crowded streets.
54. A 24-hour strike brought the railway network to a standstill.
55. He warned that material shortages resulting from such export bans were bringing many enterprises to a standstill.
56. Then it would presumably spot some potential prey and come to a standstill in mid-air as if it had brakes.
57. The country has been brought to a standstill by the latest wave of strikes.
58. The blizzard that brought Washington to a standstill extended the blackout for several more days.
59. It signed a standstill agreement under which it promised not to increase its holding for three years.
60. Hospitals were reduced to emergency cover, schools were closed, and much of industry was at a standstill.
More similar words: fits and startsstillinstillunited states constitutionsandstorminstantaneoustill nowheart and soulhostilepointillismhostilitystandpestilentialstand upstand bystancestand outstand fordistantstandardinstantwithstandinstancestand up tosubstanceconstantstand backdistancebystandertaxi stand
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