Sentences with 'standstill'
Example sentences and phrases with the word standstill and other words derived from it.
• « The Philistines were armed with iron and fought the Hebrews to an initial standstill - at one point they captured the Ark of the Covenant, which contained the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written. »
• « The Germans had been able to fight the French and British to a standstill on the Western Front, but when the US entered on the side of the British and French, it became impossible to sustain the war in the long run. The only hope seemed to be a last-ditch offensive that could bring the French and British to the negotiating table. »
• « Ultimately, Ho Chi Minh was proved right in his predictions of war. American and South Vietnamese forces were fought to a standstill by the Viet Minh and Viet Cong, with neither side winning a definitive victory. »