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
• In the video, Trump pulls his golf cart to a stop in the rough before of a sand trap.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 28 July 2025
• 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
• And somewhere in a neighborhood like yours, a car slowed to a stop.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
• 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
• To move off, the rider leans forward, turns by leaning to the side and slows to a stop by leaning back.
  — Paul Ridden june 24, New Atlas, 24 June 2025
• 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
• Tay Melo hit the ring and the match violently halted to a stop.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
• The trooper then repositioned the cruiser to bring the vehicle to a stop.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
• Locals gathered at the grass airstrip to welcome them as the gleaming Electra rolled to a stop.
  — Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
• 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