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"Standstill" in a Sentence (14 examples)
All the traffic was brought to a standstill by the accident.
A new car came to a standstill in front of the bank.
His experiments came to a standstill.
His business has come to a standstill.
Their business came to a standstill for want of money.
My business is at a standstill because of the recession.
Volcanic ash brought aviation to a standstill.
The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic.
The train lurched to a standstill.
In 1679, Newton's work came to standstill after he suffered a nervous breakdown.
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The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.
Despite all these precautions, however, severe storms sometimes caused drifts which brought traffic completely to a standstill.
[...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, [...].
For the caller the advantage relies on a fast solution of his service request, leading to less standstill and non-productive periods for the service customer.
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