Sentence examples for standstill with from inspiring English sources

Another factor mitigating against a strong remedy is that Vulcan never negotiated a standstill with Martin Marietta.

The port town of Lyttelton was reduced to a standstill, with 60% of buildings on the high street collapsing.

In the weeks after the election his followers brought the capital to a standstill with a protest that inspired millions of Mexicans and infuriated millions more.

For a whole 15 minutes, the town centre was brought to a "standstill", with residents running inside and locking their windows to avoid the army of insects.

Parts of Manila, the Philippines' capital, are still at a standstill with parts of the city submerged in water and school classes cancelled.

The Marikana mine was at a standstill with only 7.7 per cent of employees reporting for work – the lowest figure since the strike began on 10 August.

The flux of action is punctuated by simple standstills, with the arms opening on an in breath.

He signed a Standstill Agreement with Pakistan and proposed one with India as well, but announced that Kashmir intended to remain independent.

And one of the movie's most inspired visuals is a night scene in which a herd of black and white cattle amble out of the dark like blundering ghosts, bringing the title character's pickup truck to a standstill (along with his attempted seduction of the pretty young veterinarian who's riding with him).

One of these men, Hajji Zaman, who fled Afghanistan for sanctuary in France last spring, was accused by rival Afghan commanders of organizing a brief American bombing halt a few days into the attack to allow him to negotiate Qaeda leaders' surrender, only to use the standstill -- with the inducement of a hefty Qaeda bribe -- to help the fugitives escape.

On November 29 , 1947 he signed a standstill agreement with India to last one year, and Indian troops were withdrawn.