Sentence examples for total standstill from inspiring English sources
She said the whole country is at a total standstill.
From an almost total standstill, the halo-like overtones reëmerge, with the lights again going down.
The army has been called in, phone signals jammed and a curfew ordered which has brought life in the area to a total standstill.
THE dream of bringing Manhattan traffic flow to a total standstill draws nearer every day, and if everybody does his part, these new regulations will speed its realization.
This was followed by another strike, which went on for a full 72 hours, bringing the town to a total standstill.
Black means total standstill, versus red, which means creeping logjam.
The accumulation put New York City—and the entire East Coast, for that matter at a standstill, as subways, buses, and roads were in total lockdown mode for hours on end.
The Tornadoes offense simply came to a standstill against CV, compiling just 86 total yards, most of which came from senior running back Luke Tabayoyong (61 yards rushing).
Long before the Digital Age, Ireland, during the decade between 1966 and 1976, experienced three separate bank strikes that caused the banks to completely shut down for a total of 12 months, virtually bringing the country to a standstill.
While takeover activity continued through into this year, it came to a near standstill in the third quarter, with only two announced deals, totaling $1.55 billion in value, SNL Financial said.
