How to Use suspend in a Sentence

suspend

verb
  • We can suspend the rules just this once.
  • They have suspended the peace talks.
  • The city suspended bus service during the storm.
  • He was suspended from the team for missing too many practices.
  • The principal suspended the student from school for fighting.
  • Her license to practice law was suspended.
  • He's driving with a suspended license.
  • The company was forced to suspend operations.
  • The police officers were suspended without pay for their conduct.
  • I advise suspending judgment until the investigation is over.
  • All but 14 days of a two-year prison sentence were suspended.
    Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Pereira seemed to suspend that talk following his dominant win over Rountree.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Or maybe he should be suspended and forego his salary for a year.
    Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
  • The teams did not suspend the game—but instead played the final minute as medics tried to save Hughes.
    Solcyre Burga, Time, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Clamp a bolt, an awl (shown here), or a large nail in a vise to suspend a mower blade to check its balance.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
  • When the water is stagnant and still, the bass scatter, suspend, and become hard to catch.
    Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Proceeds from the podcast will go to staffers on each of their shows, which have been suspended because of the strike.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The debate came the same day as Chris Christie, the most vocal critic of Trump in the race, suspended his campaign.
    Averi Harper, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • He was often suspended with his arms and lower legs off the ground.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
  • He was suspended without pay, the NYPD said in a statement.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 15 June 2024
  • Both the size of your breasts and the area of the ligaments that suspend them affects the gravitational pull.
    Hallie Levine, Health, 13 Feb. 2023
  • For pike or trout, suspend a jerkbait that will hover in place after each twitch.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Green was later suspended for one game of the Warriors’ first round series against the Kings in this year’s playoffs.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Step by step, social norms and the rules of family life are suspended.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 22 May 2024
  • Again, the officer had run his plates and saw that his license was suspended.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
  • This isn’t the first time that an MLB player has been suspended for using an anti-gay slur.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 13 Aug. 2024
  • A couple of times, the child was formally suspended, Gomes said.
    Sarah Butrymowicz, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • All public transport in the city — trams and buses — was suspended.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • In that case, the council suspended Ridley-Thomas on the same day that the politician entered a formal plea.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Marshall was suspended twice during his freshman season at Texas A&M and transferred at the end of the year.
    Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2024

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