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Example sentences for "would stop"

  • We were flying between the Philippines, and if he would stop in at Iwakuni, I would stop in and see Mike.

  • Now and then he would stop to gather a flower or pick up a stone.

  • Formerly, when making excursions from the summer palace into the surrounding country, we would stop at the industrial villages and visit the large workshops, where everything was shown us.

  • If it were to stop too long with one of them all the rest of us would stop payment!

  • Sometimes he would stop to write something down or to discuss some question or other.

  • And frequently, when that gentleman was detained in town by business, he would stop at the little home for tea.

  • He would stop with an exclamation and stand gazing, self-forgetful, for incredible periods, and she would watch him, filled with a curious sense of the limitations of an appreciation she had thought complete.

  • It is only that I am restless, and as I have never been restless before, I thought that perhaps if I should go away for a while, it would stop.

  • You said it would stop, and it hasn't stopped at all.

  • Every now and then he would stop, for there were times when the words that he sought to say would not come.

  • He would stop in the street and analyze a machine.

  • When this weariness set in he would stop thought, and get down and play with a little dog or kitten to recover; and when the recovery came he would push it aside to play with its own tail.

  • In his trips to and fro over the State, between meetings, he would stop at Springfield sometimes, to consult with his friends or to post himself up on questions that occurred during the canvass.

  • Do you think that I would stop at anything to accomplish what I had set out to do?

  • With little ceremony, he sent in word to Howrah that he wanted Alwa and the missionaries; he stated that his private honor was at stake, and that he would stop at nothing to wreak vengeance.

  • If the crowds got too large, he would stop, or if he saw some child had gone to some great extreme with a sign, he would sometimes stop.

  • He would stop at little where the question concerned the prestige of the aristocracy in general; he would stop at nothing where the Claiborne family is concerned.

  • And it is to be supposed that, once out here, he went to Morris's road house, thinking it quite likely that you and Elmer would stop there, as he had been tracking you from road house to road house.

  • Yes, sir--that he would stop over in Washington.

  • If you would like, may I suggest that you read the entire list and if any of them are familiar to me I would stop you on that occasion.

  • And then, of course, I thought that if he would see that I don't like it and that I explained to him that this is not the smart thing to do, that he would stop doing it.

  • Every time he stacked up a few plates he would stop to roll a few more cake-walk steps.

  • And I tell you, Andie, it heartened me to think that a man with all he's got to tend to would stop to spend an hour with an obscure engineer.

  • I did it in hopes that the cargo steamer coming upon us would stop to get her, and while they were getting her--what with the gale and the dark coming--we would be able to slip away.

  • At first I said it was only a little of the fresh oil burning off the engine, and that it would stop presently.

  • We said that sometime we would stop at such a place and ask them to take us in for the night.

  • We would stop at some open-air place, we said, and have something dainty and modest and not heating to the blood.

  • He would stop in his tracks, and Mary would drag him on, repeating over and over, "Ye can do nothin'!

  • Sometimes he would stop to reinforce it with Greek or Italian or Slavish words he had picked up.

  • Now and then he would stop to repeat or spell a word; once or twice Hal corrected him on details.

  • At times he would suffer the child to walk by his side, or would even take such notice of his presence as giving him his hand, or would stop to kiss his cheek, or pat him on the head.

  • I said I would stop till I had gained it.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "would stop" 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:
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