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Example sentences for "full stop"

  • No sooner had he done this than Dick came to a full stop, his loud shouts attracting the attention of his two companions, and causing them to copy his example.

  • Roger's comment, as they came to a full stop, to gaze upon these remarkable sights.

  • Possibly they covered as much as two miles when the guide was suddenly observed to come to a full stop.

  • On "fatal irresolution" he came to a full stop.

  • Andy's intelligence was brought to a full stop--sheer up against the difficult question of whether it is worth while to worry about people who are not worrying about themselves.

  • Always remember that every period or full stop, and every note of interrogation, or of admiration, must be followed by a capital letter, beginning the next word.

  • Mr Staunton however tells us that there is a full stop after 'And,' and that though not in italics the word is clearly meant for Andronicus.

  • Both the Quarto and the Folios put a full stop at report, a colon at war, and a full stop or colon at giant: a punctuation which was followed substantially by Rowe and Pope.

  • When I say how long, I mean in distance; at what space from that crossing should you have attempted to bring it to a full stop in order to stop it?

  • Mr. Sullivan: How long would it have taken you to bring that train to a full stop, running at the rate of forty-five miles an hour?

  • There should be a full stop at wunieĆ°, as in RT.

  • Go in extensively for the period stuff in your interior equipments and presently you will be coming to a full stop in your funds on hand.

  • A period, as you may recall, is equal to a full stop; in fact a period is a full stop.

  • Our merchants were accordingly at a full stop.

  • Phillis, in a questioning voice, for Miss Mewlstone had come to a full stop here.

  • They came to a full stop at length, and sat down on a couple of chairs.

  • David started as though wakened out of a reverie, and came to a full stop.

  • So, being brought to a full stop, they had to face the question and submit to the inevitable.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "full stop" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    full armour; full bearing; full career; full cargo; full color; full crop; full fair; full gilt; full grown; full heart; full knowledge; full moon; full name; full page; full pardon; full share; full stop; full suit; full supply; full term; full uniform; fully aware; fully described; girls were; greatly surprised; seasonal change