How to Use standstill in a Sentence

standstill

noun

• 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
• As the coronavirus forced closures to stop the spread of the disease, the world had come to a standstill.
  — Mary Juetten, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• 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
• Jalen Brunson just drives by him in the corner from a standstill.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Oct. 2021
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 9 June 2022
• Dunking should be automatic for a 6-7 wing who can jump two feet in the air from a standstill and spread his arms seven feet wide.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
• Freezing temperatures have kept parts of the South at a standstill after a winter storm.
  — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 1 Mar 2025