full stop

Example Sentences

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And sometimes that gaze is just discomfiting, full stop.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Last year’s full stop on hiring is loosening up a bit.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

Despite Schjerfbeck’s time in Paris, she seems to have ignored what the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists were doing, but at intervals, early paintings make you come to a full stop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

I've replied to many an email - my punctuation may be extra but a full stop feels blunt.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

More than once, Ivy had to come to a full stop to avoid getting too close.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake