stopped

Example Sentences

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As a parade of people streamed in, many stopped to kiss the women on the cheek.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

That strength, however, might have temporarily ended with this week’s bearish dark cloud cover candle, which stopped a 14-week winning streak.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“Converts” begins in the 1890s and ends with the Second Vatican Council in the early ’60s, when marquee conversions almost stopped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

While traffic is down about 95% compared to before the conflict, shipping through the narrow waterway has not stopped altogether.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

But then again, it did have a sort of mid-twentieth-century look, and its history always seemed clouded, like no one’s stories about the place ever matched your own, so you stopped offering others your details.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith