At last it stopt at Pluto's gloomy porch; He streightway lighted vpp his pitchy torch.
He had not dragged her far before he heard the sound of feet on the stairs and as tyrants are always cowards, he stopt to listen.
The colonel stopt her short, protesting that she misplaced the obligation; for, that if to confer the highest happiness was to oblige, he was obliged to her acceptance.
Had she but known how much difficulty enhances the value of any thing with me, and had she the least notion of obliging me by it, she would never have stopt short at Hampstead, surely.
She crossed the path she was in, as if to meet it, and seemed to intend to speak to the coachman, had he stopt or spoken first.
The rising deluge is not stopt with dams; Those it o'erbears, and drowns the hope of harvest.
When you stopt out at Brooke's till morning, who sat up for you?
In the story named the Priest's Supper, a fisherman, at the request of the fairies, asks a priest who hadstopt at his house, whether they would be saved or not at the last day.
An Esthonian legend relates that one time a girl was stopt by a pretty boy that had on him a handsome peasant's belt and forced to scratch his head a little.
When I began to put my resolutions in practice, I was stopt for want of tools and instruments to work with.
But at Vauxhall the same lovely and unwelcome vision crossed my path; and I once overheard a gentleman say, looking back at my husband, who hadstopt to speak to some ladies, "What a lucky fellow that Pendarves is!
The next Day pour it from the Bottom; and having rubbed the Buds dry pot them up in a Pickle-Glass, which should be frequently shaken, till they sink under it, and keep it well stopt and covered.
Again, all Wines, and other Liquors, must be stopt close as soon as they have done working, or else the Liquors will grow flat and dead.
This Pickle must be put to them cold, and the Bottle, or Earthen-Vessel, close stopt and ty'd down with a wet Bladder.
And then with a slight blow of an Hammer, break these Candies into Pieces of about a Finger's length, and keep them in Glasses stopt close, in a dry Place, and they will remain good several Years.
Her hand held out to meet mine, which, trembling, stopt half way.
We stopt at a small Armenian village called Kerdek, (on the left of the road, one fursung from Bayazid,) to await the return of our second messenger.
Our surprise then was, of course, excited to find ourselves on a sudden stopt by a precipice in our route.
In this line we stoptand fed our cattle and ourselves; while a refreshing breeze from the Westward just curled up the waters of the lake, and waved the corn fields which extended themselves on all sides of us.
As our tents and baggage were still considerably behind us, we stopt and drank coffee at a hut, where is a reservoir of ice constructed by the Prince on a plan which to us seemed simple and good.
But when the poor Emperor had in some measurestopt one floodgate, he effectually opened another, and one which was more formidable.
One of these stopt the Italian, and demanded what business authorized him to press forward into the council of the crusaders, who were already taking their seats.
The cool water speedily stopt the bleeding of those trifling injuries, and the application served at the same time to recall the scattered senses of the damsel herself.
The communication sounded joyfully in the ears of Hereward, who was much afraid that his companion might have been stopt and examined.
A stiver to be stopt from each man for having his hatt cocked, which the Major hopes the men won't be against paying as it is for their own advantage.
Six Ducats to be stopt from each Farrier to provide them forge cart horses; what is more than sufficient will be returned.
Mother, I am feeling very well these days--my head that was stopt up so and hard of hearing seems to be all right; I only hope you have had similar good fortune with your rheumatism, and that it will continue so.
Mother, I am very well--have some cold in my head and my ears stopt up yet, making me sometimes quite hard of hearing.
O my dear sister, how your heart would ache to go through the rows of wounded young men, as I did--and stopt to speak a comforting word to them.
I have been working a little at copying, but have stopt it lately.
Mother, everything is the same with me; I am feeling very well indeed, the old trouble of my head stopt and my ears affected, has not troubled me any since I came back here from Brooklyn.
Would you make me hate--' She had begun with a precipitance nearly vehement; but stopt abruptly.
He was then walking off; but Juliet stopt him, to demand whence he came, and who sent him.
Juliet told them that she was going to a neighbouring village; but that she had missed her road, and, as it was growing dark, had stopt to beg a night's lodging.
The general confusion first stopt his voyage, and next destroyed even the materials of his agency.
They stopt at a place, by the way, to receive a heap of things, that he did not take much notice of, as it was not well light; and then they all gallopped to Brighthelmstone.
Nay, I'm sure they did not pass the Garden door, For if they had, we should have stopttheir Journey.
Death stopt thy tales, andstopt thy pins, --And so he'll serve us all.
Again he ask'd the first that past him by; A cow-boy stopt his whistle to reply.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stopt" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
