Sentence examples similar to standstill like from inspiring English sources

An important match can bring a whole country to a standstill, much like the Super Bowl.

From an almost total standstill, the halo-like overtones reëmerge, with the lights again going down.

Petrol bunks are shut down, bringing life to a death-like standstill," he said.

Pursuing an idea, the characters come to a standstill and spout, like the fountains in the garden.

But both acoustic and loop sensors detect only moving cars; to them, a highway whose cars are at a standstill looks exactly like an empty road.

"I started to eat my lunch to discover that all departures from the airport had been brought to a standstill by someone who sounded like they were eating their lunch," the anonymous respondent wrote of the incident that occurred 18 years ago.

When big soccer games are on, bustling cities like Kinshasa come to an eerie standstill as fans huddle around TV sets.

The initial proposal did not place restrictions on Trian, like a standstill agreement.

Rush-hour traffic often comes to a standstill downtown — "It's like a strap on your heart," Herrenknecht said — so the city is investing in public transportation.

Blondie, playing just after midday brought the walkways around The Other Stage to a standstill, as tens of thousands turned up to hear classics like Hanging On The Telephone and One Way Or Another.

But as we glide under the Bay Bridge we can see the cars at a standstill because of the truck fire, and the water doesn't seem like such a bad place to be.