The stranger came closer and stopped a couple of paces away.
The stranger had stopped short of the pickup truck.
A stranger approached his table and stopped a few feet away.
The captain paused for a moment; the stranger stopped halfway to the door.
For weeks, strangers driving through town would stop at the post office to ask what sort of disaster had befallen us.
Before playing the last message, the stranger cannot bear listening any longer, and stops Oskar.
A stranger who saw the accident stopped and comforted her.
A few minutes later, the stranger suddenly stopped and let go of her hand as they turned a corner.
At the water's edge the stranger stopped and gathered in the slack of the rope.
Three young strangers, who were passing by, also stopped to look.