Sentence examples for temporary standstill from inspiring English sources
The pleasure of sitting near a fireplace put my ambitions at a temporary standstill.
The anthem is also frequently broadcast in parks and on the metro, causing a temporary standstill.
It's brought life to a temporary standstill in Ashkelon, about ten kilometres north of Gaza.
This notion was abandoned as crude, and for the further reason that Miss Lee decided not to work at the Fair anyway Dalí's plans had come to a temporary standstill.
On top of all that, the attacks of Sept. 11 brought the economy of the United States to a temporary standstill and continue to affect people's confidence, and willingness to spend money, even in Europe.
A strike at the Foshan factory brought the company's auto-assembly operations in China to a temporary standstill — and the regular work force there was lured back to their jobs with reportedly much larger wage increases than Honda is offering here in Zhongshan.
Within hours of the verdicts--broadcast live and bringing businesses across the country to a temporary standstill--family members of the victims retreated in grief, and the first of the anonymous jurors emerged to give The Times an interview in which he dismissed the prosecution's physical evidence as "garbage in, garbage out".
South Korea last Friday announced a temporary nationwide standstill order for poultry farms and related transport over the weekend in a bid to contain a spread of H5N6 bird flu, a severe strain of the disease.
Cambodia is at a standstill.
