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Example sentences for: standstill

How can you use “standstill” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

This was necessary because otherwise his work would have brought to a standstill.
The papers give precise accounts of the standstill with one glaring exception: none mentions the brand of computer that failed.
Quite suddenly, everything came to a standstill: The rich and powerful left for England, and the city became a provincial capital in a state of long, slow decline.
Again, readers need to decide for themselves how likely it is that a Cabinet officer would bring a Washington dinner party to a mortified standstill by mistaking jelly for sauce.
During the hottest hours, things come to a virtual standstill, though the Caribbean siesta is an hour or two shorter than its Mediterranean counterpart.