full stop
nounDefinition of full stop
chiefly British
Examples of full stop in a Sentence
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While waiting for the bus to pull up, stand behind the yellow safety strip and wait for the bus to come to a full stop. — Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis Star, "The Red Line launches on Sept. 1. Here's how to ride it," 25 Aug. 2019 Probably Sal’s most humiliating moment of the show, full stop. — Daniel Menegaz, EW.com, "The most hilarious moments from Impractical Jokers," 9 Aug. 2019 One need neither equate nor endorse the rise of democratic socialism on the left and of nationalism on the right to observe that each demonstrates, once again, that people crave more than individual liberty, full stop. — Nick Burns, The New Republic, "In Defense of Sparta," 7 Aug. 2019 Brady was set to enter the final year, full stop, of his old deal in 2019. — Nora Princiotti, BostonGlobe.com, "Tom Brady is at ease with the terms of his new deal," 5 Aug. 2019 This is 'the goalkeeping has been unusually good, full stop'. — SI.com, "Women's World Cup Diaries: The Biggest Takeaway So Far? These Goalkeepers Are Special," 22 June 2019 Even the vaguely unfinished ending, less a full stop than a sort of pregnant pause, feels somehow right; a fitting coda to her spare, eerie marvel of novel, both beautifully familiar and profoundly strange. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, "Motherhood meets the sci-fi surreal in Helen Phillips' brilliant The Need," 9 July 2019 Many drivers on 79th Street braked to a full stop to catch a glimpse of the wreck before continuing. — Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, "Man, 25, killed after shooting leads to rollover crash in South Chicago," 17 June 2019 Federal election law prohibits such gifts from foreign entities, full stop. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, "Norway, If You’re Listening....," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'full stop.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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