stoppage time
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Arsenal were leading 1-0 deep into stoppage time through Leandro Trossard's 83rd-minute goal when West Ham substitute Callum Wilson hammered home a finish in a packed penalty box following a corner.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
From the 80th minute to the final whistle, including five agonizing minutes of stoppage time, they could hardly keep the ball.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
In time spent watching football - not including stoppage time or extra time - that works out at 522,360 minutes.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Six minutes into stoppage time, Callender batted away a final left-footed shot from Pec for his season-best sixth save.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
But “standard” by then included some remarkable safety technology, like an antilock braking system, which allowed for swifter stoppage time and had first been developed in the 1960s.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
