stopping

"I stopped at the traffic lights."

"Soon the rain will stop."

"The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks."

"One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting."

"The referees stopped the fight."

"He stopped the wound with gauze."

"To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22."

"We are stopping at the gas station for a quick break on our road trip. "

"The guitar student was practicing stopping the strings to create different chords. "

"The teacher stopped the lecture to answer a student's question. "

"The sailor was stopping the bottle of rum with a cork to prevent it from spilling. "

"constant startings and stoppings"

"The dentist used a white stopping to fill the cavity in my tooth. "

"The draft from the open window was unbearable until we installed a stopping to block the breeze. "

"After a long day working in the dry field, the farmer applied a stopping of mud and clay to his horse's cracked hooves. "