How to Use stop in in a Sentence

stop in

phrasal verb
Definition of stop innext
  • Here’s hoping their C.E.O.s take the time to stop in at the Met.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • That’s now nine third-down stops in the game for the Browns defense.
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The first time McIntyre met Ballinger was in 2014, at a tour stop in Dublin.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
  • The band’s world tour stops in nine countries and 25 cities, all spread out across six months.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The tense game was tied at 45 at halftime, but Clark could not be stopped in the third quarter.
    — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Biden’s stop in Utah is part of a three-state tour of the American southwest, the White House said.
    — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • There are two 20-minute running halves with the clock stopped in the final two minutes of each.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The operator hit the brakes, but was unable to stop in time.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The band is set to resume shows in Oct. at stops in Nashville, Dayton and Chicago.
    — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The owner brought the treasure, which was handed down from his great-grandfather, to the show's stop in St. Paul, Minn., in 2004.
    — Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The ship is also expected to make stops in Grand Cayman and Cozumel.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • During a stop in Nairobi to refuel, the ground crew didn't show up for two hours.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Music can take you to so many places, from the highest highs to the lowest lows and every stop in between.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In Ham, after the trespass, the group stopped in a churchyard for lunch, where more thermoses of tea emerged from backpacks.
    — Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • Blinken planned to return to Saudi Arabia and then stop in Egypt on Sunday.
    — Matthew Lee, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The king will end his trip on Friday with a stop in Bordeaux, home to a large British community.
    — Sylvie Corbet, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • After a few stops in between the bobcats, parrots and deer, my last trip was to the bear exhibit.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Bert and his family stopped in Baton Rouge for the night due to a medical issue on his part.
    — Doc Louallen, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • She is accused of removing the window stops in her apartment, causing her son to fall to his death.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The trip will wind down with a transatlantic crossing before one last stop in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
  • After the initial crash, the disabled Honda stopped in lanes of traffic, Castro said.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Before her stop in Germany, Lawrence attended premieres of the film in both London and Madrid.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 June 2023
  • His trip also included stops in Belize, the Bahamas and Brazil.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
  • An officer on a traffic stop in the area witnessed the horse trotting through the soccer field at Gardenway and Grange.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2023
  • To get our fill of belly-warming whisky in a string of cozy pubs and hotel bars, stopping in Edinburgh was a no-brainer.
    — Vicki Denig, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
  • First, the cruise travels through the north and mountainous regions, heading up the east coast (as far north as Toyama) and stopping in Kobe and Yokohama.
    — Jennifer Billock, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2023
  • After stopping in what is now Green Bay, the ship began its voyage back to Buffalo.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2024
  • But getting through to a candidate set in his ways isn’t easy, as Dole’s graveyard stop in rural Ohio suggests.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But that progress all but stopped in 2013 under a new athletic director, Doug Knuth.
    — Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
  • Their tour includes stops in Switzerland, Austria and Finland, and the Finns are known to say that there is no such thing as wrong weather, only the wrong clothing.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024

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