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
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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