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Example sentences for "stopped and"

  • There he stopped and waited, and in a moment a baritone voice on the other side of the wall took up the song: "Come ope the west port and let us go free To follow the bonnets of Bonnie Dundee!

  • Then he stopped and cast a searching look all about them, carefully scanning the canyon before and behind them and its walls above their heads.

  • Good Lord," he said, and then he stopped and hesitated so long that Tuttle looked up to see what was the matter.

  • We had scarcely passed the corner of the street, however, and entered one somewhat more narrow and less frequented, when mademoiselle, who was riding behind me, stopped and called to me.

  • At the foot of the hill, however, I stopped and, letting Mademoiselle pass on, detained M.

  • When I had gone ten paces past the turning, however, I stopped and, gazing about me, began to take in my surroundings as fast as I could.

  • After riding about ten miles or so I came to a nice little brook, and there being fine grass, I stopped and let my horse feed for an hour or more.

  • We traveled until dark, when we stopped and built up a big fire.

  • As soon as we were on open ground we stopped and built a fire and dried our clothing, for we were as wet as drowned rats.

  • When he got too close for us to throw at him any more we stopped and then we saw he was crying.

  • Then he stopped and looked, because between him and the shore was a wide open space--no ice, nothing but water.

  • He came up the stairs far enough to see into the hayloft, then he stopped and when we saw him he came on up.

  • Once we stopped and ate 'most all of my lunch.

  • Well, Swatty came to the open place first, and he stopped and said: "There's somebody out there.

  • As it was----" He stopped and seemed to consider.

  • Drake had been on the point of turning away, but as he recognized Falconer's voice and figure, he stopped and took a step toward them.

  • He stopped and looked at it; and finally crawled up to the driver's place, and seated himself.

  • There he stopped and began to talk to them about this ancient structure.

  • He stopped and looked on, and then he asked if it was hard to do.

  • Then he stopped and began to look majestic once more.

  • As it was, he stopped and looked at her, at first scowling, but then with a smile.

  • At the anxious and undecided tone in which his name was pronounced he stopped and looked up, at a very wistful face.

  • Fleda was silent till the sleigh stopped and Mr. Carleton had handed her out.

  • In the hallway outside the door he stopped and trembled so that he had to put a hand against the wall to support himself.

  • Taking a book from his pocket, he stopped and ran a finger down one of the pages.

  • Before a tree he stopped and began to scold.

  • When he had gone along Main Street almost to the old Richmond place he stopped and picking up a stone rushed off to the room in the bell tower.

  • At last he stopped and knocked at a door on a dark landing.

  • On his way to the business district the next morning, he stopped and bought a blank book and a pencil, and wherever he cleaned a sign or a railing that day, he tried to make a regular engagement to keep the brasses in good condition.

  • At the door he stopped and looked at her, tried to speak but could not, and so went away without a word.

  • He came up to me slow like, and, when 'e stopped and asked me about the rheumatics, the broom shook in my 'and.

  • Sam was just going to answer 'em back, when he stopped and began to smile instead.

  • Twice I stopped and spoke to 'er, but it was no good.

  • He raised his eyes at the mention of the architect's name; and when he had gone on a few yards, stopped and gazed at them.

  • He settled a lot of the notes on his father, when it was ascertained that they was really stopped and sent 'em over with a dutiful letter.

  • When a figure came upon the landing, and arriving in the doorway, stopped and gazed at him, he rose up from his chair, and half believed he saw a spirit.

  • After he had arranged them he stopped and looked at them with a satisfied air.

  • When he got to Library Street, he stopped and surveyed it critically.

  • Then he stopped and hummed a tune that wound up with the words: "I believe in all the people 'Tis through them we shall be blest.

  • He stopped and looked at me with a defiant stare that was quite visible now.

  • Said if I tried to take Her with me they'd have us stopped and take an action against me for abduction.

  • He stopped and looked at me with an appeal in his face that begged contradiction.

  • Then he stopped and pointed, and I saw a small circle of burnt grass upon the ground.

  • A few feet away it stopped and began to smile and blink its eyes.

  • We stopped and loaded, and then running on got close up to the beast, to run no risk of hitting the dog, and fired.

  • Suddenly he stopped and looked at us, the tears starting into his eyes.

  • He slowed down as we approached; I tip-toed in sympathy; and when only a few yards off he stopped and beckoned me on, and as I came abreast he raised his hand in warning and pointed into the reeds.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stopped and" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bill yellowish; broke camp; different directions; father will; group life; happy little; literal translation; modern writers; nice point; operative stores; several colours; several members; small class; step backward; stop them; stopped abruptly; stopped again; stopped and; stopped before; stopped short; stopped suddenly; the altar; thee from; three fingers; used principally; vegetable substances