dead stop
Example Sentences
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"That proves they can execute a dead stop at speed. It usually takes multiple seasons to make it to 'Top'."
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024
“Untitled” opens with Joseph Sissons moving center stage, legs unfurling to the sky, torso hunching forward, body propelling into the air before coming to a dead stop.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2023
Veer off-piste into the soft snow and you’ll come to a dead stop.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2022
Traffic moved a bit but then came to a dead stop about eight miles from the actual border crossing.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2022
We got another ten, maybe twenty feet, before the car jerked to a dead stop.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
