standstill

IPA: stˈændstɪɫ

noun

  • Complete immobility; halt.

stand still

IPA: stˈændstˈɪɫ

noun

  • Obsolete spelling of standstill [Complete immobility; halt.]

verb

  • (sometimes figurative) To stop moving, to remain motionless.
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Examples of "standstill" in Sentences

  • I like the idea of a standstill.
  • The situation goes to a standstill.
  • The bilateral relations standstill is in effect.
  • The Hartal took the country to a complete standstill.
  • The manufacturing of banduras has ground to a standstill.
  • Dr. Doomsday has fought the JLA to a standstill in the past.
  • Activities in the Netherlands came to a standstill during the war.
  • In the songs you mention, there is a standstill in the blues difference.
  • For the first two years, the competing archbishops fought to a standstill.
  • Eventually the object would come to a standstill at the center of the Earth.
  • And it would go up if the economy is brought to a standstill from the loss of undocumented labor.
  • Thanksgiving holiday with the announcement that Dubai World would seek a six-month "standstill" - effectively a delay - on repaying some of its debt.
  • Thanksgiving holiday with the announcement that Dubai World would seek a "standstill" - effectively a delay - on repaying some of its debts until at least May.
  • There is a brokered standstill -- in other words, they're just holding off until the end of the '06 season -- to figure out whether the Saints have their old contract back.
  • They both signed a so-called "standstill agreement," which prohibited them from making or publicly announcing bids for 18 months after the auction ended, according to court documents.
  • An announcement by Dubai's government on the eve of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday said Dubai World would seek a six-month "standstill" - effectively a delay - on repaying some of its $60 billion in debts.
  • Investors have speculated about a potential deal since September when the company signed a short-term standstill agreement with Elliott Associates LP, which forfeited its right to further build its stake in order to enter nonpublic talks with the company.

Examples of "stand-still" in Sentences

  • But the real explanation for the stand-still now segueing into room-to-room shuttling is a lot more complicated.
  • It means that the work on the ending has come to a stand-still, but soon I'll have something worth showing to an agent.
  • The Turkish military will soon find itself at a stand-still without Israeli continued technical support and spare parts.
  • Six months since his left knee surgery, Howard is moving around freely without a limp and he looked fine as he shot stand-still jumpers after practice.
  • They basically burn the brakes, grinding the movie to a complete stand-still half-way explain how the villain traveling through time has distorted the timeline.
  • Validus would "welcome the opportunity to enter into discussions," but the company was unwilling to agree to a stand-still agreement that would force a halt to its hostile takeover efforts, he said.
  • During the first 15 years of the NBA, professional basketball evolved from a game dominated by deliberate passing and stand-still shooting to the above-the-rim battles between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain .
  • With too many firms chasing too few contracts at too tight margins, construction firms going bust daily, recruitment almost at a stand-still, and hard-pressed survivors cutting their marketing expenditure, it was perhaps inevitable that CJ – so dependent on advertising – would be at risk.

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