How to Use to a stop in a Sentence

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  • As the car crawls to a stop, the first gunshot rings out.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 12 May 2020
  • The system kicked in and safely brought the train to a stop on the tracks.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Owen, of course, zoomed out ahead of the group before skidding to a stop to wait for the others.
    — The Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Caspar watched a Lyft pull to a stop and let passengers out across the street.
    — Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • The bus flipped on its right side and skidded through the dirt and grass before rolling over and crashing to a stop on its wheels.
    — Tony Plohetski, Austin American-Statesman, 17 July 2024
  • When the ambulance pulled to a stop, Finn hurled open the back door, KO’ing Vince, and then darted out into the woods.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Then the credits conclude with the sound of a bicycle wheel spinning to a stop.
    — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 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
  • An electric sedan with a mint green surfboard on top crunches to a stop.
    — Melissa Johnson, Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2024
  • In that case, the Lexus detected the wall and slowed to a stop before making contact.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • My five-year-old dressed as Jango Fett on his little scooter came riding up and just slid to a stop in front of Sam.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Pressing it at any time pauses a workout and slows the belt gradually to a stop.
    — PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Catherine walks blindly into the street, right in front of a speeding taxi, which screeches to a stop but still sends her spinning.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Brazilian stocks have been on a tear, but stubborn inflation could grind the recent rally to a stop.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The Irish actually got on the board first, when Fischer fired a shot from the bottom of the left circle that trickled between Airey’s pads and rolled to a stop just shy of the goal line beyond Airey’s skates.
    — Patrick Donnelly, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2025

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