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.
• Or maybe he should be suspended and forego his salary for a year.
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 9 May 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
• 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
• 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
• On Wednesday, Sheila and Clay Fletcher were each sentenced to 40 years, though 20 will be suspended.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
• An agreement reached in late May suspended the debt limit for two years and cut about $1.5 trillion in spending over the next decade.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
• He was sentenced to five years in prison, but walked free after less than a year when an appeals court threw out some of the charges and suspended his sentence.
  — Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• Orange, pink, purple and yellow sapphire beads are suspended from the setting so that these swing and sway as the wearer moves.
  — Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Dorsey was sentenced to 40 years, with 15 of those suspended, according to online court records.
  — Jade Thomas, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
• But their service didn’t start until June, and then was suspended during a punishing heat wave when the drones could not fly.
  — David Streitfeld, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2023
• Below the screen, five grotesque masks stand mounted on poles, and one — larger, more ominous — hangs suspended on a central wall.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2023
• And the star, 35, made the most of her moment: Perched atop a platform suspended 60 ft. in the air, RiRi — who had teased a special guest — unzipped her jumpsuit to reveal a baby bump.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
• Soderstrom has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of a hearing by the Court on the Judiciary, which will decide whether to remove her from the bench.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• The nurse is still suspended from the unit while the investigation continues.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024