Examples of 'stopped the clock' in a sentence
Meaning of "stopped the clock"
To stop the clock means to temporarily pause or halt the progress or countdown of a timer or timekeeping device. This expression can be used metaphorically to indicate a pause or break in a process or situation
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stopped the clock
So the legislature stopped the clock retroactively.
Stopped the clock for a moment.
Each incomplete pass stopped the clock.
Stopped the clock on your lives.
You never stopped the clock.
Any of those three options should have stopped the clock.
Lord vayu stopped the clock.
I stopped several times for water which also stopped the clock.
Lewis stopped the clock.
That tremor must have stopped the clock.
They even stopped the clock to try to strike a deal.
It was as if a big hand has stopped the clock in my head.
I stopped the clock.
It was as if a big hand had stopped the clock in my head.
That stopped the clock and gives us the exact time of her death.
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How nice it would be if we just stopped the clock and this ship.
She stopped the clock at the exact time she read the letter from her lover.
Mr Aigner has said that we have metaphorically stopped the clock.
The contestant stopped the clock by hitting a plunger before guessing.
Jesus, that tremor must have stopped the clock.
The administration stopped the clock from working by removing one of its parts.
Instead, Manning made a mistake throwing the ball away and that stopped the clock.
I stopped the clock when you fell asleep while I was talking about whale sharks.
I thought if I stopped the clock.
I stopped the clock at Monsieur Jean 's house.
You have given your bones, stopped the clock on your lives.
I just stopped the clock in Monsieur Jean's house.
It also turned out I 'd not stopped the clock anyway.
I would have stopped the clock on college boy . There would be no witness.
Or turned it back. It's like he stopped the clock.
I stopped the clock at 6am.
Y'all never stopped the clock.
But what happens if you let it start up again? Great, you stopped the clock.
Well, you stopped the clock.
Yes, mon cher Cendrars, you not only stopped me, you stopped the clock.
It 's like he stopped the clock.
I just stopped the clock at Monsieur Jean 's house . Is that why you are crying?
Literally . Lewis stopped the clock.
He stopped the clock at 9.45 am and removed the other clock weight.
Just smaller. Great, you stopped the clock.
The Belgian team stopped the clock at 15 minutes and 14 seconds.
Asgardian? It 's like he stopped the clock.
And we have stopped the clock for you, Installation takes about 20 minutes!
What is this guy? Asgardian? It 's like he stopped the clock.
Mm-hmm. Jesus, that tremor must have stopped the clock.
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