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Examples of standstill
standstill
Coca-Cola's University Commission has been at a standstill since early November.
From the businessweek.com
We then embarked on a series of toing and froing until a standstill was reached.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The government-organised protest brought traffic to a standstill in the capital.
From the theepochtimes.com
Attempts to expand health insurance coverage were fought almost to a standstill.
From the kansas.com
Yep, there it lay, his tower a tangle of metal and his business at a standstill.
From the charlotteobserver.com
A sprinkle of snow and it still brings the council to a standstill thats a joke.
From the expressandstar.com
The AfD has found itself at a complete standstill with bias smearing both sides.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Right now, drilling of any sort in the Gulf of Mexico is coming to a standstill.
From the cnn.com
The test has 23 stops and includes time for the vehicle to idle at a standstill.
From the usatoday.com
- Deadlock: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
- Stand: an interruption of normal activity
- At a major lunar standstill, which takes place every 18.6 years, the range of the declination of the Moon reaches a maximum. As a result, at high latitudes, the Moon appears to move in just two weeks from high in the sky to low on the horizon. ...
- Standstill is a Spanish post-hardcore-band from Barcelona, formed in 1995.
- Complete immobility; halt
- A commitment undertaken at the outset of a GATT negotiation to refrain .from legislating or implementing new trade-restricting or distorting actions inconsistent with GATT rules or principles, or actions that would improve a participant's negotiating position.
- He was run to a stand-still; i.e. till he could no longer move. Also broke or out of money.
