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He felt full of life and youth again as, drawing a deep breath, he brought her to a standstill and began to watch the other couples.

If I know your computer IP, will want to mobilize all of my network knowledge, put your computer times and got to a standstill.

With a few exceptions, public services did not come to a standstill. Trains, planes and ports mostly functioned.

It is not allowed to clean up cooling fluid and abrasive dust or to replace work-piece before the grinding wheel comes to a standstill.

An immediate response is vital when it is a question of bringing fast-moving machinery to a standstill in the shortest possible time.

If you come to a standstill, look over what you have done to see if you have left anything out.

So you know that oil spill that ruined the ocean, killed thousands of animals, and pretty much brought the country to a standstill?

Farther on down the line, the other engine broke down, and the train came to a standstill.

Rock back and forth and side to side. Gradually reduce this swaying to a standstill, with your weight balanced evenly on the feet.

Taking action, I suppose, means bringing the business of this entire branch bank to a standstill.

More often than not the company comes to a standstill while raising money.

Together they went up against the overwhelming air power of the Japanese Empire, and fought the Japanese to a standstill.

The long process of history has created numerous opponents, there is no opponent, the whole community will come to a standstill.

The German war machine had lumbered falteringly over the frontier and come to a standstill near Linz.

After the war of Resistance against Japan, as the backdoor of Nanjing, Wuhu encountered Japanese army's invasion and came to a standstill.

In India, a nationwide strike called by opposition parties brought normal life to a standstill across many parts of the country.

The world came to a standstill Thursday morning, when the Twitter short messaging service went offline for at least an hour.

In the fourth quarter, a lack of credit meant "a lot of production came to a standstill" , he said.

And here a fresh alarm brought me to a standstill with a thumping heart.

To fight corruption to a standstill and restore Nigeria to the enviable standard of respectability and dignity within the comity of nations.

Tens of thousands of people have staged demonstrations against the monarch, bringing the mountainous kingdom to a standstill.

Young children come to a standstill, looking at my class - a mixture of black, brown and so on - in wonder and amazement.

Since the introduction of policies to limit speculation in mid-April, the market has almost come to a standstill.

Talks have come to a standstill just days before broad tax increases and steep spending cuts are schedule to take effect.

The ball rolled to a standstill just short of the boundary.

The fog was as thick as pea soup. All traffic came to a standstill.

Chinese cities ground to a standstill during this year's gaokao, moved up a month to avoid the oppressive summer heat.

When it does, the freeway system gets incredibly bad, incredibly quickly. Basically, every freeway comes to a standstill simultaneously.

They agreed on this day boycott of body scan before boarding, requiring manual body search to enable the airport to a standstill.

Any time you don't have a bigger picture in mind, the day-to-day gets to you, and your career can come to a standstill.

In the worst cases, it may bring the entire production system to a standstill, negatively impacting the business.

Gradually reduce this swaying to a standstill, with your weight balanced evenly on the feet.

Gauze sales situation is not optimistic, however, current cotton market almost to a standstill, mostly cotton mill has been discontinued.

A busy New York expressway came to a standstill as a dog tried to protect his wounded companion.

The great horse came to a standstill in a quiet corner close by the temple of Athene.

Well, the bus factor is the number of people needed to get hit by a bus for the project to grind to a standstill.

Life for more than a billion people across India and Pakistan came to a standstill during the semifinal match Wednesday.

On the Rollbahn I had just managed to jump on a vehicle going east, when shortly thereafter the whole traffic came to a standstill.

Singaporecame to a standstill today when Rafa's Reds took advantage of some wellearned rest by taking a cruise down the Singapore River.

If the gridlock choking Washington finds its way to America's state houses too, then the American economy risks grinding to a standstill.

That means downstream vehicles immediately become aware that the traffic ahead has come to a standstill.

The strike halted nearly all public transport and has also hit schools and hospitals bringing central Athens to a standstill.

Even in relative terms, the east's catching-up process has nearly come to a standstill since the mid-1990s.

Production often comes to a standstill until the error has finally been pinpointed - and that can take hours.

In the northern hemisphere, typically between january and March, snowstorms can bring life to a standstill.

Normal life was completely paralyzed in Aden, where government offices, schools, shops and services came to a standstill.

Traffic on I-95 southbound came to a standstill at noon Wednesday when a tractor trailer hauling gravel overturned in Wilmington, Del.

Parliament had been shouted to a standstill for days.

Bankers are being asked to agree to a standstill on $22 billion of debt owed by struggling government-owned conglomerate Dubai World.

when the EV agreement came to a standstill between Japanese automakers, German automakers to conquer this promising market in Wuhan.

Airports closed and rail services came to a standstill across much of the country.

On an unusually quiet corner he came to a standstill.

A movement in the crowd brought him to a standstill at the window.

In the capital Athens, the workers launched a 24-hour strike that the city's transport system to a standstill.

If our own taps ran dry or our sewers stopped working, the UK would come to a standstill very quickly.

But the year of sputniks, lasers and Nobel laureates came to a standstill with the breakup of the USSR in 1991.

Some G20 officials worry that business confidence might soon plummet as it did in late 2008, bringing the world economy to a standstill.

But on an unusually quiet corner Soapy came to a standstill.

If they lose access to these applications and tools, business comes to a standstill.

The traffic on the streets during the rush hours virtually came to a standstill.

It is basically uninhabitable. Whenever it shows its true nature, real life bogs to a standstill.

an indecisive manager brought the enterprise to a standstill.

The secondary market, meanwhile, has slowed to a standstill.

IN THE early 1970s a fourfold rise in the price of oil almost brought the world to a standstill.

Rubbernecking has brought the traffic to a standstill.

Mumbai has virtually come to a standstill as police have advised people to stay indoors.

Traffic in Beijing's central business district came to a standstill last Monday.

During the heavy fog in the city, the traffic came to a standstill.

Traffic was brought to a standstill by the accident.

Smog used to bring London traffic to a standstill.

However, new contributions are required now or the operation will come to a standstill in July.

The strike brought everything to a standstill.

When people are going to or from their work, traffic is brought to a standstill.

Hackers slowed Twitter to a standstill early on Aug. 6, frustrating millions of users.

The French news agency quotes a city official as saying about 20 or 30 drivers smashed other cars, bringing traffic to a standstill.

Global economic growth is slowing to a standstill.

The driver applied his brakes and the car screeched to a standstill .

The millennium comes to a standstill.

German shipping had thus come to a standstill.

The storm brought air travel to a standstill.

Trade unions have promised strikes. Parliament has been shouted to a standstill. Already there is talk that the government might back down.

I watched this wolf and bison battle each other to a standstill.

Production came to a standstill owing to our lack of raw materials.

But the reason he is last is that the administration suspects his name will bring the proceedings to a standstill.

A 24-hour strike brought the railway network to a standstill.

Their trade has been brought to a standstill.

He slid the car to a standstill outside Julia's house.

Work is grinding to a standstill.

Bob rode his horse to a standstill.

She brought the car to a standstill.

Work came to a standstill.

When I was walking along the street, a car came to a standstill near me.

To bring or come to a standstill.

because nature had not come to a standstill

The proposed risk to themselves, do not put up with looking forward to a standstill;

Stick v. To be at or come to a standstill; become fixed, blocked, checked, or obstructed

China came to a standstill on Monday to mourn victims of the earthquake,

Poland comes to a standstill as president's body is brought home