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Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
The aged woman made no reply; her eyes still studied Ramona's face, and she still held her hand.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
As there are still many varieties of the plant grown in America, so there doubtless was when cultivated by the Indians.
"Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
Few people, I think, realize that, and fewer still realize the reasonable consequences of that.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
I believe that these are ideal characters constructed from still more ancient legends and traditions.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORD
The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
And our views of poverty and social betterment, or what is possible and what is not, are still largely conditioned by it.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
Still, gambling seemed to be made particularly fascinating here, and he wanted to be fascinated, wanted it badly.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSON
All Weimar adores him, and people say that women still go perfectly crazy over him.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
WORDS RELATED TO STILL
- arrest
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- brake
- check
- die
- drag one's feet
- equivocate
- fence
- filibuster
- halt
- hamper
- hedge
- hinder
- hold off
- interrupt
- not move
- play for time
- postpone
- prevaricate
- put off
- quibble
- shut down
- slow
- slow down
- stand
- stand off
- stand still
- stay
- still
- stonewall
- stop
- suspend
- take one's time
- tarry
- temporize
- arrest
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- brake
- check
- die
- drag one's feet
- equivocate
- fence
- filibuster
- halt
- hamper
- hedge
- hinder
- hold off
- interrupt
- not move
- play for time
- postpone
- prevaricate
- put off
- quibble
- shut down
- slow
- slow down
- stand
- stand off
- stand still
- stay
- still
- stonewall
- stop
- suspend
- take one's time
- tarry
- temporize
- arrest
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- brake
- check
- die
- drag one's feet
- equivocate
- fence
- filibuster
- halt
- hamper
- hedge
- hinder
- hold off
- interrupt
- not move
- play for time
- postpone
- prevaricate
- put off
- quibble
- shut down
- slow
- slow down
- stand
- stand off
- stand still
- stay
- still
- stonewall
- stop
- suspend
- take one's time
- tarry
- temporize
- apoplectic
- at a standstill
- at rest
- becalmed
- dead
- deadlocked
- deathly
- firm
- fixed
- frozen
- halted
- immobile
- immotile
- inanimate
- inert
- lifeless
- numb
- palsied
- paralyzed
- petrified
- quiescent
- quiet
- spellbound
- stable
- stagnant
- stalled
- standing
- static
- stationary
- steadfast
- still
- torpid
- transfixed
- unmovable
- unmoved
- unmoving
- arrest
- avoid
- bar
- block
- bottle
- break
- check
- choke
- choke off
- clog
- close
- congest
- cut off
- disrupt
- fill
- fix
- forestall
- frustrate
- gag
- hinder
- hush
- impede
- intercept
- interrupt
- muzzle
- obstruct
- occlude
- plug
- put a stop to
- rein in
- repress
- restrain
- seal
- shut down
- shut off
- shut out
- silence
- stall
- staunch
- stay
- stem
- still
- stopper
- suspend
- throw over
- turn off
- ward off
- arrest
- avoid
- bar
- block
- bottle
- break
- check
- choke
- choke off
- clog
- close
- congest
- cut off
- disrupt
- fill
- fix
- forestall
- frustrate
- gag
- hinder
- hush
- impede
- intercept
- interrupt
- muzzle
- obstruct
- occlude
- plug
- put a stop to
- rein in
- repress
- restrain
- seal
- shut down
- shut off
- shut out
- silence
- stall
- staunch
- stay
- stem
- still
- stopper
- suspend
- throw over
- turn off
- ward off
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