Roger Ebert took the opposite stance, stating, "Too much action brings the movie to a dead standstill."

When I attempted to leave at 2:10, cars were queued up at a dead standstill to the far reaches of my building's huge parking lot.

The fighter came to a dead standstill and looked the proprietor directly in the eye.

O'Brien contended it was Thornton's privilege to knock the runners loose, leaving Buck to "break it out" from a dead standstill.

She came to a dead standstill in the center of the trail, clutching the children to her.

Only once was Judge Taylor ever seen at a dead standstill in open court, and the Cunninghams stopped him.

In a March 15, 2007 interview, Scott Aukerman said that the Onion movie was at a "dead standstill".

He uses his hips, legs and hands well, but it would be difficult to teach because he is hitting from a dead standstill.

Haplo came to a dead standstill outside the cavern.

By this time the whole church was red-faced and suffocating with suppressed laughter, and the sermon had come to a dead standstill.