How to Use stoppage in a Sentence

stoppage

noun
  • The penalty caused a stoppage in play.
  • There have been more than 10 minutes in stoppages.
  • Sears added a goal in stoppage time.
    — ABC News, 9 May 2026
  • Most of the stoppages came by way of tap out.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • Some games there’s no stoppages and some games there’s a bunch.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026
  • But the heat picked up in stoppage time with plays on both sides of the field.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026
  • Chelsea went on to win 2-1 in stoppage time.
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Musa capped the scoring in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
    — Apress, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Musa capped the scoring in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
    — ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The first half will end with four minutes of stoppage time.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 June 2026
  • The boos grew louder with each stoppage, but what led to them?
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Gotham had their own chance for a game-winner in stoppage time.
    — Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 8 May 2021
  • Biel capped the scoring in the third minute of stoppage time.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Sunday’s game had five clock stoppages in the first half.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The last goal came at the death, toward the end of stoppage time.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 June 2026
  • But with any defeat in stoppage time comes a sense of what could have been.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Thanks to a stoppage-time goal, that result didn’t stick.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Chawinga then capped off the night in the third minute of stoppage time with a goal of her own.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Even the stoppage time, three minutes?
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The school did not give a reason for the latest stoppage in play.
    — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Haaland got his goal with a penalty in stoppage time.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Lingr was shown a straight red card in the seventh minute of stoppage time.
    — ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Lingr was shown a straight red card in the seventh minute of stoppage time.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Olivera then put the match out of reach in stoppage time with his second goal.
    — Times Wire Reports, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
  • Alex Morgan got hurt in stoppage time and had to be helped off the field.
    — Anne M. Peterson, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Rodman added her first goal of the season in first-half stoppage time.
    — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • All three losses came by stoppage, two in the first round and one in the second.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
  • The data for stoppage-time goals is even more striking.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • His second — the winning goal — came in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
    — Steve Douglas, ajc, 19 Feb. 2022
  • So did a minibubble that bridged the gap between the league’s stoppage and camp.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2020

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