The field linguist discovered a rare pre-stopped consonant in the island dialect.

The activist stopped at nothing to expose the corruption.

The glottal-stopped syllable gave the phrase a sudden, clipped rhythm that caught the linguists' attention.

When the tractor hit a hidden rock, the plough stopped in the middle of the furrow.

The plow stopped in the middle of the field when the gearbox failed.

When our regular fielder sprained his ankle, I long-stopped for the rest of the match.

The plumber examined the stopped pipes behind the wall and shook his head.

We stopped over in Lisbon on our way to Madrid to see the old cathedral.

As the magician revealed the finale, the audience stopped dead in astonishment.

When she saw the painting, she stopped short at its unexpected likeness to her grandmother.