come to a standstill

For the third time, his life had come to a standstill.

It was as if all life had come to a standstill.

He came to a standstill with his back against the wall.

The light ahead of him suddenly came to a standstill.

Something within him had broken and come to a standstill.

With the economy the way it is, my business has almost come to a standstill.

Much of official Washington had seemed to come to a standstill.

In 1967, construction on the site came to a standstill.

Movement came to a standstill as everyone looked in the direction of the voice.

In any case the political events of 1848 meant the project came to a standstill.

They rolled over the ground and came to a standstill.

After the bridge opened, development almost came to a standstill.

She had come to a standstill before one of the graves.

Time seemed to come to a standstill in that clearing.

Life on the island was in danger of coming to a standstill.

Economic activity came to a standstill but only for a brief while.

The fighting killed seven, after which it came to a standstill.

The entire country came to a standstill as people celebrated the end of war.

This is why their evolution had come to a standstill on earth.

The truck came to a standstill and the engine cut out.

All activity had come to a standstill on the dock.

The offensive, after a successful start, soon came to a standstill.

After a few hundred meters the car came to a standstill.

It is not good if the Church comes to a standstill."

"Then I can do anything," she said, coming to a standstill.