stop time

noun

1. jazz a passage where the beat stops temporarily

Example Sentences

Of course, writing is a way to capture a moment, to stop time, but I was curious about “wooshed.”

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Besides being able to stop time temporarily, the shadowy character also serves another function in Borderland.

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Everyone Carrie meets in this passage through her grief is desperate to discover something greater than themselves, a power that will stop time’s ravages forever.

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In the past, Monza has been a race in which teams make only one pit stop, because it had a low-abrasion track surface, low tyre wear and a long pit lane, which increases stop time.

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And, hand on heart, if you opt to stop time on that very day, you can arrive at the conclusion proffered by Speaker Johnson, and Arizona state Sen. Shamp, and the WSJ’s Kimberly Strassel.

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