standstill
a state of cessation of movement or action; halt; stop: The ball rolled to a standstill.
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How to use standstill in a sentence
Since travel is at a standstill, my set helps me look forward to future adventures, whenever they may come.
These Extremely British Prep Bowls Helped Me Stop Panic-Cooking | Erica Sweeney | December 18, 2020 | EaterAt a time when travel has been at a standstill, these thoughtful presents bring the world to you.
36 Awesome Gifts for Adventure Travelers | Mary Turner and Erin Riley | December 11, 2020 | Outside OnlineMarty Lenss, director of Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, began working on the plan in the spring, when the spread of the virus and lockdown orders brought air travel to a near standstill.
An Iowa airport has a plan to screen passengers for the coronavirus. It’s being held up by the FAA. | Ian Duncan | November 4, 2020 | Washington PostAs covid-19 brought travel and commerce to a standstill, air pollution cleared significantly enough to boost the performance of solar panels.
Currently, talks for a new coronavirus stimulus bill are at a standstill.
One motorcycle rally may have triggered COVID-19′s new Midwest surge | Rachael Zisk | October 19, 2020 | Popular-Science
The heart was in standstill, hazy clots filling the ventricles.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead | Sandeep Jauhar | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe business has ground to a standstill as hair suppliers in other parts of Ukraine are leery of coming to the capital.
Slouching Towards Maidan: An American Hair-Trader Reflects On Ukraine’s Protests | Vijai Maheshwari | December 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFor now it is an industry consumed by accusation, fear, and disease even as a moratorium has brought business to a standstill.
Reconstruction and new construction in Gaza is at a standstill.
It imploded with the 1978–79 Winter of Discontent, when rampant trade-union militancy brought Britain to a standstill.
Margaret Thatcher Found Her Voice, and Transformed Britain | Bernard Donoughue | April 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe city and commercial suburb of Binondo wore their usual aspect, although trade was almost at a standstill.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanConsequently everything is at a standstill, until God shall remedy it.
At last he came abruptly to a standstill by the Seneschal's writing-table, immediately opposite Tressan.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniShe pulled her hoss down to a standstill; and them long eye-winkers of hern lifted straight up into the air, she was so surprised.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher | Eleanor GatesHis musical progress, which had made such strides between 1848 and 1849, now came to a standstill that lasted ten years.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
British Dictionary definitions for standstill
/ (ˈstændˌstɪl) /
a complete cessation of movement; stop; halt: the car came to a standstill
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Other Idioms and Phrases with standstill
see come to a halt (standstill).
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