Sentence examples for standstill after from inspiring English sources

It's not everyone who can bring a city block to a standstill, after all.

Its EU accession talks are at a standstill after Erdoğan repeatedly insisted Turkey does not need Europe.

In 2006 it brought São Paulo to a standstill after the government ordered a crackdown on its leaders.

N.H.L. labor negotiations are at a standstill after talks broke off two weeks before the date the league has threatened to lock out its players.

Footage of the aftermath showed the carriages swinging to a standstill after the impact, with passengers screaming in pain and shouting "help us".

The once efficient Obama transition has ground to a near standstill after tax problems bedeviled several of his nominees, leaving the top echelon of his government largely unassembled.

Just yesterday, crosstown traffic in Manhattan was at a standstill even after the morning rush, forcing pedestrians to thread around cars against lights.

Rioting brought this city, the country's commercial capital, to a standstill today after talks failed to avert a strike set off by a 50percentt increase in fuel prices.

There were smaller bumps too, like a real estate market that came to a virtual standstill immediately after Sept. 11 before rebounding, and an unemployment rate that grew from 2.9percentt in October 2000 to 3.5percentt last month.

Negotiations to create the world's largest gambling company came to a standstill Thursday after MGM Mirage declined to raise its $7.65 billion offer to buy Mandalay Resort Group, according to a person close to the talks.

With its eight asynchronous three-phase AC motors delivering 4000 kW to move its weight of 328 t, the Sm3 does not accelerate particularly fast, reaching from a standstill only after 3 minutes and 13 seconds and a distance of 6.8 km.