stopped

/ stɒpt /

adjective

1. (of a pipe or tube, esp an organ pipe) closed at one end and thus sounding an octave lower than an open pipe of the same length

Example Sentences

Americans would benefit from higher take-home pay and greater purchasing power if only the Federal Reserve’s leadership stopped defending its mistakes and started correcting them.

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With the score at 21-0, Scotland simply stopped, while Argentina started to crank through the gears.

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By high school, he says he figured out how much they could help him and stopped worrying what people thought.

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“It stopped feeling like good luck, and started feeling like a nuisance.”

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Speaking to the club's in-house media after the match, Diamonds first team manager Elliot Sandy said the referee stopped the match while the culprit was removed from the ground.

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Related Words

• blocked 
• interrupted