Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

time stands still

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables: time -s-tand-s still
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used to emphasize a moment in time that is either catastrophic or even enjoyable in which one's sense of time is frozen or suspended.

phrase

Used to state that something, especially a place, has an archaic, anachronistic or historic feeling.

Example Sentences

"Life without love is load; and time stands still; what we refuse to him, to Death we give, And then, then only, when we love, we live."
"Each long moment seems a day, time stands still, when she's away."
"When one event is continuous, time stands still; for we form no idea of time by the presence or continuance of a single event but we do so by the change of other events at the time."
"In a good wild high-mountain storm, it would be a majestic ride through heaven and hell, a time-stands-still trip in a region of pure awe and undiluted fear."
"[…] unconsciously and innocently succumb to the timeless paganism of a country where time stands still and the ancient ways of humanity know nothing about stock markets and finance capitalism."
"Travel by luxurious jet to a town where time stands still and the houses are festooned with bright streamers for the ancient Summer Star festival. Stay in a 17th-century ryokan (inn) and enjoy ham and eggs for breakfast."

Questions

What does time stands still mean?: Used to emphasize a moment in time that is either catastrophic or even enjoyable in which one's sense of time is frozen or suspended.

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