stopping
noun
a barrier erected to prevent the flow of air or gas.
stoppings
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pluralof stopping.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There were so many things going on with the police stoppings and stuff at the time, and it just really hit me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
Smith also likes to push his clarinet above top C or to engage in a series of strangely manipulated double and triple stoppings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then in the pauses between the preacher's periods we heard the flapping of wings, with sudden stoppings and startings.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
But now they were no longer checked and halted by the alternate stoppings for set-ups and turning-points, and no longer was Blake encumbered with the care of the level.
From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by Brehm, George
And so, unprofitably, the journey was beguiled, not without frequent stoppings and refreshings, each of which had the effect of exhilarating Whipcord’s spirits and making Masham’s tongue looser and looser.
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
