How to Use stop in in a Sentence

stop in

verb
  • The duo stop in the rich green fields.
    — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The kind that make women stop in their tracks.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
  • My mom’s car soon screeched to a stop in the driveway.
    — Gene Wojciechowski, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
  • The story did not stop in Crete.
    — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • The car had come to a stop in the breakdown lane on its side.
    — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • The car had come to a stop in the breakdown lane on its side.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • The trains would reach speeds up to 79 mph and stop in eight cities.
    — Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • Hebert stopped in her tracks, then had to dive head first back to second base.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026
  • Two stops in an evening is sensible.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Everybody stopped in to see me.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • The truck will also stop in Topeka next week.
    — Lisa Gutierrez may 15, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
  • His crew stopped in time to avoid colliding with the piling.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
  • One more option is to book a cruise that stops in Bali as one of its ports of call.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
  • There's not a mention of why she was stopped in the first place, but that's neither here nor there.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Pitman rounded a corner and stopped in the middle of the street.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Peggy Zirkle stopped in for her mail and left with a pleasant surprise.
    — Christopher Derose, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • Traffic was briefly stopped in both directions, but cars are now getting by in all lanes.
    — Laura Fay, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Three people came around the central trio of big fountains, stopped in surprise.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • In the background, the bus is stopped in the road as residents rush to render aid to the child.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
  • Will Waymo stop in large hail or tornadoes?
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • How to make your voice heard The Charlotte hearing was one stop in a longer statewide process.
    — Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
  • Footage from the scene showed the Tesla stopped in the area where there is outdoor seating for the cafe.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Ferrier stopped in the middle of the street in front of the Chevrolet.
    — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026
  • The experience can be halved, too, with a start or stop in Adelaide.
    — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
  • Around his house this week were projects, some complete, others stopped in progress, left undone in his absence.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The town hall is just one of the many stops in different neighborhoods throughout the city.
    — Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • But the transformation didn’t stop in Prague.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
  • When the gas flow stopped in late February, the helium stopped with it.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • On my last stop in the middle of my speech, that [mic interference] happened.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Flowering non-stop in fiery hues, the pendulous flowers have long petals that dance in the breeze.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026

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