How to Use to a stop in a Sentence

to a stop

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• 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
• And in some cases, that has resulted in cars rolling to a stop on the highway.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026
• 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
• Then Sánchez’s eyes drifted up, his feet stumbled to a stop, and the ball bounced feet away from him on the turf.
  — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 20 Aug. 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