How to Use to a stop in a Sentence

to a stop

phrase
  • Then the slow, sad slide to a stop.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Behind him the boat motors to a stop.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
  • One by one, her colleagues slowed to a stop behind her.
    Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Cars slowed to a stop as people got out to pay their respects.
    Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Pitt, driving, brought the car to a stop at the junction.
    Jay Glennie, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • For an hour each day, air conditioners and fans whir to a stop.
    Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • An electric sedan with a mint green surfboard on top crunches to a stop.
    Melissa Johnson, Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2024
  • And somewhere in a neighborhood like yours, a car slowed to a stop.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
  • The vehicle then flipped over before rolling to a stop.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
  • At that point, police were able to box his vehicle in and bring it to a stop.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The old dog slowed to a stop, nose full of bird stink, feathery tail quivering.
    Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Owen, of course, zoomed out ahead of the group before skidding to a stop to wait for the others.
    The Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2024
  • In the distance, a bus rolled to a stop on the Mexican side of the bridge.
    Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Caspar watched a Lyft pull to a stop and let passengers out across the street.
    Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The tethered net then brings the suspect vehicle's tires to a stop.
    Joy Benedict, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • When it's done, the driver must brake to a stop within 15 seconds.
    Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2024
  • But the elevator came to a stop after moving up just a few feet.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • Then the credits conclude with the sound of a bicycle wheel spinning to a stop.
    Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 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
  • The Land Rover flipped and skidded to a stop with the driver’s door pinned against the ground.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
  • After the plane slowed to a stop in Doha, three of the prisoners walked down the stairs.
    Jon Gambrell, ajc, 19 Sep. 2023
  • From the porch, Emil watches as the familiar silver-blue car pulls to a stop in the road.
    Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Pressing it at any time pauses a workout and slows the belt gradually to a stop.
    PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The police vehicle, revving through blowing snow, crunches to a stop.
    Anna Mehler Paperny, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The braking system does an excellent job of bringing that power to a stop.
    Roberto Baldwin, The Verge, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Tay Melo hit the ring and the match violently halted to a stop.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • The Cadillac continued to spin down the highway to a stop in the inside lane.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024

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