standstill

Example Sentences

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The minutes-long standstill forced several people into the street; many more, including my husband and his cane, engaged in a potentially perilous stutter-step around the two knee-high, randomly moving yet noncommunicative vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

However, liquefied natural gas tankers “remain at a standstill, with vessels stranded on both sides of the strait and operators still awaiting clearer security guarantees before re-entering the route,” Kpler added External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Some vessels have managed to transit the waterway, but flows remain at a virtual standstill, tightening supplies not only of energy but other key commodities like fertilizers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

With traffic through the Strait of Hormuz still nearly at a standstill, Iran currently wouldn’t make much money by charging a toll on crude-oil tankers seeking passage through the waterway.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Ahead of me, the crowd slows to a standstill as a Tribal caravan twenty wagons long ambles across the square.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir