例文・使い方で印象づける「standstill」の覚え方
スポンサーリンク... Upon passing under the Arch, which greatly intensified the echo of their footsteps, they came to a standstill... 
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Charlotte Brewster Jordan 「The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse」
...As for Lord Antony and Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, their very hearts seemed to standstill with horror at this gratuitous insult...
Baroness Orczy 「The Scarlet Pimpernel」
...As he came to a standstill, he doffed his hat, with a flourish, to the lady...
Rafael Sabatini 「Captain Blood」
...That dark, silent shadow it may have been that had brought him to a standstill, suggesting shelter to his subconsciousness...
Rafael Sabatini 「Scaramouche」
...On leaving my tent one morning when work was at a standstill owing tothe rain, I noticed a great herd of zebra about a couple of miles awayon the north side of the railway...
J. H. Patterson 「The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures」
...As he reached a point some ten feet from where the two white travellers awaited him he abruptly reined his horse to a standstill, and threw up his right hand in salute...
Harry Collingwood 「The Adventures of Dick Maitland」
...As the two prisoners came to a standstill at the word of command of the officer in charge of the party...
Harry Collingwood 「The Adventures of Dick Maitland」
...The train had slowed down almost to a standstill, in the very heart of town...
Ida B. Wells-Barnett 「Mob Rule in New Orleans」
...Personal bravery is not one of their striking characteristics;indeed, they often run away when to standstill would seem to an American the only safe coursepossible...
W. E. Webb 「Buffalo Land」
...Then, still more instinctively, andwithout even coming to a standstill before goinginto reverse, they both sprang back...
Albert Payson Terhune 「Lad: A Dog」
...He came to an expectant standstill oncemore; his tail wildly vibrating, his entire furry body tingling withthe glad excitement of the game...
Albert Payson Terhune 「Further Adventures of Lad」
...The man was the first to tire of this, as was natural,and, when he came to a standstill, he tossed the meat from him to Finn, with a"Here then, boy; eat it there, if you like...
A. J. Dawson 「Finn The Wolfhound」
...I wasangry with them for their folly, and told them if they did not standstill and keep quiet, the lion would have another of us; most likelythere was a troop of them...
R. Lee 「Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals」
...I reeled in sadly, debating with myself the unanswerable question of howI should ever have reached down thirty feet to gaff my salmon, had Iplayed him to a standstill...
William J. Long 「Wood Folk at School」
...The three of us were peering intently in that direction, when theReindeer struck with a dull crash and came to a standstill...
Jack London 「Tales of the Fish Patrol」
... “How odd to find that even this industry has its financial panics, and at times sees its assignats and greenbacks languish to zero, and everything come to a standstill...
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 「A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Complete」
...Two—three—four speeding automobiles swung in recklessly to the curband shrieked to a standstill under smoking brakes...
Victor Rousseau 「Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930」
...Everywhere business was at a standstill, shops were closed and marketstenantless...
Various 「Astounding Stories, March, 1931」
...The blimppitched steeply upward to a standstill, barely moving toward theparachute...
Victor Endersby 「Disowned」
...To Hamilton Hume was offered the positionof second in command, and, as the dry weather had brought all farmingoperations to a standstill, he was able to accept it...
Ernest Favenc 「The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work」
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