stop
verb (used with object)
to cease from, leave off, or discontinue.
had stopt
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past perfectof stop.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Juliet told them that she was going to a neighbouring village; but that she had missed her road, and, as it was growing dark, had stopt to beg a night's lodging.
From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
We parted--with pain on both sides; and on the same evening slept, where we had stopt in our route to Vienna, at Lintz.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
The rain had stopt again; and after my friend had made a note respecting some additional relief for the family, we bade the woman good day.
From Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine by Edwin Waugh
When they came to the cross-roads where the squire had stopt to take counsel, Jones stopt likewise, and turning to Partridge, asked his opinion which track they should pursue.
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
By this Operation a Bone was thrown out, which had stopt in the Passage four and twenty Hours.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
