stopped
Example Sentences
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His family thanked the members of the public who stopped to try and help Oladipo, and paid tribute to the ambulance service and hospital staff "who did all they could to try and save him".
From BBC
Bat stopped tapping his heels under the table.
From Literature
Once, when we were eight, a city fellow in a straw hat and red suspenders stopped and asked us directions.
From Literature
She never stopped hoping that she would get well, too.
From Literature
When he stopped to look around, he found himself on Maple Street, not far from his house.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
