How to Use to a stop in a Sentence

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  • The driver pulled in front of them, slammed on the brakes and forced them to a stop in the fast lane.
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Answer the question, then: How else will it be put to a stop?
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
  • After the plane slowed to a stop in Doha, three of the prisoners walked down the stairs.
    — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Cars slowed to a stop as people got out to pay their respects.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The Cadillac continued to spin down the highway to a stop in the inside lane.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The disaster will be the day a heat wave joins forces with a blackout, and the ACs in millions of homes spin to a stop.
    — Jack Herrera, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the pickup truck rolled across the freeway to the right shoulder and appeared to come to a stop.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • When it's done, the driver must brake to a stop within 15 seconds.
    — Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2024
  • For an hour each day, air conditioners and fans whir to a stop.
    — Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • About a minute and a half into the video, the plane's propeller slows to a stop, and Jacob starts cursing.
    — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 May 2023
  • The 32-year-old turned onto West Congress Street, slowed to a stop and reversed her car to get a better look.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
  • After bringing the bus to a stop, Dillon told the other students to call 911.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The backhoe shuddered to a stop, and two workers from the funeral home jumped into the grave with shovels to dig out the rest of the earth by hand.
    — Sarah Viren, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Henderson’s car rolled to a stop in the south side of the parking lot, where she was found unresponsive.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2024
  • But the elevator came to a stop after moving up just a few feet.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Photos from the time also show how one motorist was able to skip his car to a stop just inches away from where the bridge fell into the water.
    — Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The service brought life nearly to a stop in Nyssa, an agricultural town of about 3,100.
    — Les Zaitz, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Thirteen Republicans joined Democrats to effectively bring the House floor to a stop, with votes canceled for the rest of the day.
    — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The braking system does an excellent job of bringing that power to a stop.
    — Roberto Baldwin, The Verge, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Eventually, Abby was able to bring the vehicle to a stop.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
  • His hearse crashed through the barrier, teetering over the side of Interstate 70, and a fatal drop, but came to a stop, front wheels suspended over the canyon.
    — CBS News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Sure enough, the transmission expired on the interstate and the two men and the illicit cargo glided to a stop on the shoulder just outside Twin Falls.
    — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Inside the quiet enclave, the motorcade rolls to a stop in front of the home of one of the country’s most famous political couples.
    — Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Fearing for the safety of other drivers, deputies were able to shoot out the tires of the 18-wheeler, bringing it to a stop on the interstate near the Michigan Avenue exit.
    — Warren Kulo | [email protected], al, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Typically, overdose deaths occur when opioids bind to the part of the brain that controls breathing, slowing it to a stop.
    — Veronica Roseborough, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
  • Unlike in those two instances where one of the planes needed to abort, in the Honolulu incident, the Cessna came to a stop before reaching the spot where the United 777 had crossed.
    — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
  • One critic approvingly likened their sound at its most cacophonous to a New York subway train screeching to a stop at a station.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
  • Helping haul these exotic beasts to a stop is a newly available brake package designed for the racetrack.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The officer activated his emergency lights and the vehicle pulled to a stop on the right shoulder near the 3.8 mile marker.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
  • By the 1950s, synthetic fiber brooms were becoming popular, and production of broomcorn in the U.S. slowed nearly to a stop.
    — Kate Morgan, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023

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