How to Use standstill in a Sentence

standstill

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  • The accident brought traffic to a standstill.
  • When the rest of the world came to a standstill, our sector stayed in the field.
    — Bob Clark, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Over the last couple of months, the race has been at a standstill.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Half a mile into the drive, the traffic came to a standstill.
    — Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
  • When Daphne Oz enters the ball for the evening, the room truly comes to a standstill.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
  • When the line came to a standstill, people stepped out to stretch their legs.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Democrats picked up two House seats in the 2018 election and then fought the GOP to a standstill last year.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, ajc, 9 Dec. 2021
  • But the front lines in the southeast are nearly at a standstill.
    — Laris Karklis, Washington Post, 17 May 2022
  • The sizable walkout had left the school at a near standstill.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
  • As Covid-19 brought the U.S. to a standstill, the opioid epidemic took a sharp turn for the worse.
    — New York Times, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Yet the talks came to a standstill in March over a number of sticking points.
    — Tamara Qiblawi and Zeena Saifi, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The news comes as the rest of the French travel industry sees a standstill.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2024
  • A bad year for markets has led the IPO market to come to a standstill.
    — Akane Otani, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The economy all but came to a standstill when covid took hold in March 2020.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2023
  • If it isn’t resolved quickly, the House will come to a standstill.
    — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2023
  • From there, the scoring came to a standstill until the Blue Devils took over in the fifth.
    — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
  • But the project came to a standstill in September 2023.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The last round of talks between the US and Iran resulted in a standstill.
    — Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, 17 July 2022
  • By the time Trump lands, the fair has virtually come to a standstill.
    — Time, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Hezbollah and Israel fought to a standstill in a 2006 war.
    — Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
  • While Covid brought that project to a standstill, the pair decided to join forces to form Rivulet Films.
    — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The streets are thronged with people, traffic at a standstill in many places.
    — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2022
  • But the prospects appeared unlikely with the talks at a standstill.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • In Homs — and across the country — life has come to a virtual standstill.
    — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The new lock will be as large as the Poe and ensure the system doesn't come to a standstill if there is abreakdown.
    — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The path we were forced to take out of the stadium narrowed so much that folks were at a standstill.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 9 June 2022
  • The country has come to a standstill, with businesses and schools closed.
    — Time, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Fighting in Kherson, in the south, and the Donbas region, in the east, has largely ground to a standstill.
    — Anton Troianovski, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Sixty-five miles apart, the planes remained at a standstill.
    — Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The act granted the government temporary powers to address the blockades and protests that brought the capital of Ottawa to a near standstill.
    — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025

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