stopped

How To Use stopped In A Sentence

• We drove home in silence and, when he parked in our long driveway, I stopped to pluck some ixora flowers while Nnamabia unlocked the front door. Excerpt: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• If they have stopped doing it then they will have lost a lot of time. The Sun
• She's stopped talking except for monosyllables.
• In July, the project came to a standstill for nine days when workers stopped to oppose the use of non-union contract labour on the site.
• The forwards also seemed intent on glory as several rolling mauls were stopped dead in their tracks when the wingers were standing idle and unmarked on the flanks.
• As soon as everyone stopped laughing, they noticed a few baby cradles at the other side of the room.
• We stopped off at quiet coves where we could drop anchor and swim. Times, Sunday Times
• However, this morning the number key containing the dollar sign stopped working, followed by the delete key and the return key.
• We walked for an hour,then stopped and had a rest.
• They should all be stopped at the border by lines of claymore mines.