Examples of 'came to a standstill' in a sentence
Meaning of "came to a standstill"
came to a standstill - When something comes to a standstill, it stops completely or is no longer moving or progressing. This phrase is commonly used to describe a situation where all activity or progress halts
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came to a standstill
My sex life came to a standstill because of you.
Public and private services nearly came to a standstill.
If they came to a standstill without us forcing it.
Agricultural activity almost came to a standstill.
Their business came to a standstill for want of money.
With a grinding of brakes the train came to a standstill.
A new car came to a standstill in front of the bank.
He held his hands up and everything came to a standstill.
His work came to a standstill.
The sea trade between three continents came to a standstill.
The convention hall came to a standstill for twenty minutes.
Latur was almost completely destroyed and life came to a standstill.
Entire transportation came to a standstill for two hours.
Apogee rejected the proposal and negotiations came to a standstill.
And my life came to a standstill.
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I agree that it would be terrible if the cooperation programmes came to a standstill.
Wholesale funding markets came to a standstill in many countries.
He came to a standstill unwillingly.
Then the boat came to a standstill.
Other civilizations developed to a certain point and then came to a standstill.
When the reduction came to a standstill the catalyst was removed.
Lunchtime and the whole place just came to a standstill.
Everything came to a standstill when he heard his own question.
All the plans we had made for our future came to a standstill.
Economic activity came to a standstill but only for a brief while.
She would slow down even more so that we practically came to a standstill.
Time came to a standstill.
All the things that i thought were an integral part of my life came to a standstill.
His experiments came to a standstill.
But work came to a standstill because the contractors were not paid.
The investigation came to a standstill.
Trucks came to a standstill and the port shut down again.
But then the negotiations came to a standstill once more.
Trento came to a standstill after the torpedo struck the cruiser amidships.
The eArchiving and eProcurement projects came to a standstill due to lack of resources.
The vampire came to a standstill as the rest of the report was slow to arrive.
Growth decelerated throughout the year and came to a standstill towards the end of the year.
Rail traffic came to a standstill and was resumed only after the end of the war.
What I saw was that the truck came to a standstill.
Traffic came to a standstill.
Recently, our peace treaty talks came to a standstill.
John came to a standstill.
On the contrary, everything came to a standstill.
Sudan came to a standstill.
But one day, that artery came to a standstill.
Overseas commerce came to a standstill and starvation threatened some coastal towns.
The fighting killed seven, after which it came to a standstill.
All commercial activity came to a standstill and educational institutions were closed.
Riots and demonstrations raged, and the economy came to a standstill.
The two armies came to a standstill as neither side was able to make much progress.
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