Sentence examples for standstill making from inspiring English sources

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Torrential rains have brought the Philippine capital to a standstill, making streets impassable to vehicles and sending thousands of people into emergency shelters.

Ongoing power supply problems in the Channel Tunnel have brought traffic to a standstill, making it easier — and less dangerous — for migrants to board UK-bound trucks.

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#10 -- Pummelvision, a crazy mashup of your life at different standstills Making me think of a party with the upbeat music and making me a little scared I might have an epileptic seizure, Molly McDonald's pick was Pummelvision.

There has also been anger that the brief statement announcing the hoped-for standstill was made just as the region was heading into the Eid al-Adha holiday, leaving investors without access to further information for days.

Time Warner fought Icahn to a standstill and made him agree to go away by tossing him a few tidbits: a share buyback and a cost-cutting drive.

Whatever the motive, the man was successful at one thing: bringing LA traffic to a two-hour standstill, and ostensibly making some commuters very late for work.

Start from a standstill and begin making circles, while turning the wheel to make the radius progressively smaller.

Job creation has come to a standstill in these countries, making it difficult for both fresh graduates and those at senior levels to find work.

The interview ground to a mortifying standstill (her derision made me weep in private).

Heavy snow had brought parts of north east Wales to a standstill and fans made an extra special effort to make sure they were present for the club's big day.

As the rival teams change into replica soccer uniforms in classrooms-turned-changing rooms, the rest of prison life draws to a standstill as inmates make their way to the sidelines.

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