How do you use Stopped in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like obstructed, plus the exact meaning.
Stopped meaning
simple past and past participle of stop
Synonyms of Stopped
Using Stopped
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of stop
- Useful related words include: stopped-up, stopped up, obstructed.
- In the example corpus, stopped often appears in combinations such as: stopped by, was stopped, stopped the.
Context around Stopped
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stopped
- In this selection, "stopped" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, traffic, alleys, ukraine, improving, loving and attending stand out and add context to how "stopped" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aid and stopped the bleeding and and some stopped cutting hair. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stopped" sits close to words such as caught, picture and knowledge, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stopped
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He stopped, provided first aid, and stopped the bleeding. (9 words)
Some stopped getting haircuts, and some stopped cutting hair. (9 words)
Pedestrian traffic stopped and the alleys stopped being used for unlawfulness. (11 words)
Johnson ran into trouble at the par-3 fourth hole, one of the more difficult holes on the course, when his tee shot stopped short of the green and his putt from the fringe stopped about eight feet short of the hole. (42 words)
With lyrics such as "He stopped loving her today / They placed a wreath upon his door / And soon they'll carry him away / He stopped loving her today," the song became one of the most well-known singles of Jones' career. (41 words)
England Coach Phil Neville, who once boasted of kicking an Arsenal player until he questioned his career choices, has surely noted that, while the treatment hasn’t stopped the United States from winning, it has stopped Morgan from scoring. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Calder says he doesn’t personally know anyone who stopped attending because of the royal commission’s findings, but says it might have stopped new members from joining and also affected the number of children being baptised.
He stopped at the Post Office asking Mary if there was a way to stopped train he knew would be coming from the west.
He stopped, provided first aid, and stopped the bleeding.
Pedestrian traffic stopped and the alleys stopped being used for unlawfulness.
Talks were stopped and resumed, and then stopped again on Friday, despite the White House saying that progress was being made.
Ukraine stopped them in their tracks, much as it stopped an armoured column approaching Kyiv last year.
Some of the signs include a disabled motor vehicle being stopped and displaying warning lights or hazard lights, emergency flares or posting emergency signage or being stopped with one or more people visibly present.
The birds stopped singing and the low rumble of a passenger jet somewhere in the blue sky stopped abruptly.
The symptoms stopped as soon as I stopped taking the capsules.
After a while, the beaver strolled down the sidewalk to BB&T bank, stopped at the UPS drop box, ate a snack from a tree and stopped at the H&R Block sign.
Johnson ran into trouble at the par-3 fourth hole, one of the more difficult holes on the course, when his tee shot stopped short of the green and his putt from the fringe stopped about eight feet short of the hole.
Put simply, if health has stopped improving, it is a sign that society has stopped improving”.
Some stopped getting haircuts, and some stopped cutting hair.
The coronavirus pandemic has stopped in-person church services, but it hasn’t stopped one south Atlanta church from doing the work of Christ in their community.
With lyrics such as "He stopped loving her today / They placed a wreath upon his door / And soon they'll carry him away / He stopped loving her today," the song became one of the most well-known singles of Jones' career.
Ben Garrity stopped 45 shots for the win, while Jake Sibell coughed up the four goals on just 14 shots before Henry Welsch relieved him & stopped all 12 shots he faced.
But we do know something happened between when security stopped the man and his attempts to leave the store, because police say the man stopped breathing and died at the store.
England Coach Phil Neville, who once boasted of kicking an Arsenal player until he questioned his career choices, has surely noted that, while the treatment hasn’t stopped the United States from winning, it has stopped Morgan from scoring.
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However, that hasn't stopped fans from hoping will happen and it hasn't stopped us from putting together a wishlist of things we'd like to see from the game.
Common combinations with stopped
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- stopped by 27×
- was stopped 21×
- stopped the 15×
- stopped and 12×
- has stopped 12×
- stopped at 11×
- and stopped 9×
- stopped in 9×
- be stopped 9×
- he stopped 8×