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How to use stop in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun, punctuation

Stop means to cease moving. Example: “I stopped at the traffic lights.”

Examples of stop by meaning

verbTo cease moving.

  • I stopped at the traffic lights.

verbNot to continue.

  • The riots stopped when police moved in.
  • Soon the rain will stop.

verbTo cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

  • The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
  • This guy is a fraudster. I need to stop the cheque I wrote him.
  • Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly)

verbTo cease; to no longer continue.

  • One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.

verbTo cause (something) to come to an end.

  • The referees stopped the fight.

verbTo interrupt, prevent or end the activity of someone or something.

  • Don't let me stop you working.
  • When they have finished the milk they must be patted and squeezed to stop them exploding.1988, Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross, Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlets

verbTo close or block an opening.

  • He stopped the wound with gauze.
  • Rotten leaves and branches have stopped the gutter.
  • I've had the cracks in the wall stopped with mortar by the builders.

verbTo adjust the aperture of a camera lens.

  • To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.

More sentences with stop

  • The professor stopped her lecture abruptly when she noticed someone fall off their seat.From the entry abruptly
  • You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.From the entry spring
  • Stop by the market on your way home and pick up some milk.From the entry market
  • I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.From the entry here
  • Tectonic activity is part of nature, so there's no way to stop earthquakes.From the entry nature
  • The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.From the entry hole
  • Let's stop for a breath when we get to the top of the hill.From the entry breath
  • I think I'm in love—I can't stop thinking about her. She's perfect!From the entry perfect
  • I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.From the entry pain
  • You'll poop yourself if you have to walk all five miles home without stopping.From the entry poop
  • Y’all, let’s stop talking please, y’all are driving me up the wall!From the entry let's
  • You can tell you've struck a nerve when even the crowd stops laughing.From the entry tell
  • Stop your infernal rabbiting! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!From the entry rabbit
  • They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.From the entry short
  • One more, sir, then I'll have to stop serving you – rules of the house, I'm afraid.From the entry house
  • A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.From the entry heavy
  • I was handsomely praised for my part in stopping the robber.From the entry handsomely
  • Remove that line of code and the script should stop erroring there.From the entry error
  • Coasters are a good way to stop a sweating glass from damaging your table.From the entry sweat
  • Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time!From the entry bang
  • Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.From the entry jest
  • We'll stop at the knife store and look at the sharp pretties.From the entry pretty
  • Our attraction to sugar makes it hard to stop eating it.From the entry attraction
  • There’s a bus stop opposite the faculty entrance, right on the other side of the road.From the entry opposite
  • He made a token tap on the brake pedal at the stop sign.From the entry token
  • They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.From the entry jam

Meaning of stop

  1. verb To cease moving.
  2. verb Not to continue.
  3. verb To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

Full definition of stop

Questions about stop in a sentence

How do you use stop in a sentence?
Stop is used as a verb, noun and punctuation. For example: “I stopped at the traffic lights.”
What is a short sentence with stop?
“Soon the rain will stop.”
What does stop mean?
Stop means to cease moving.

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