How to Use put an end to (something) in a Sentence

put an end to (something)

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  • Perhaps there is some clever thing to say to put an end to it?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • No next of kin was found, but that doesn't put an end to Patch's future.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The rise of the Nazi party put an end to their glamorous lifestyles.
    Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
  • In April 2022, a judge dismissed her claims and put an end to the long legal battle.
    Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Until then, here are some ways to put an end to nose-picking.
    Amanda Rock, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Once again, cruising bans were cited to put an end to such events.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The Great War put an end to most of these great experiments.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • But the government survived long enough to put an end to the affair.
    Maurice Samuels / Made By History, TIME, 21 May 2024
  • With the video, Kensington Palace clearly hopes to put an end to the rumors.
    Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The result seems to put an end to the rivalry between the two swimmers for now.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 27 July 2024
  • In April 2002 the Israeli army invaded the Jenin camp, hoping to put an end to such armed groups.
    Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 5 July 2023
  • The photo, which should have put an end to the rumors, instead fueled them.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
  • In the end, the government may finally put an end to the green vs. blue bubble war.
    Jody Serrano, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Just as the trial was about to begin, Fox settled for $787 million, but that didn’t put an end to the chaos.
    Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Taylor Raddysh put an end to the brief scoring drought.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The bill is designed to put an end to the legal challenges by giving the U.K. a clear green light on the policy.
    Adam Shaw, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But, unrest in Libya in 2011 put an end to such ambitions.
    Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • Off-duty officers on scene put an end to the assault, but her child was struck in the head in the crossfire.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 May 2024
  • But opponents got word and put an end to those efforts.
    Matt Laslo, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The film doesn’t put an end to decades of speculation about why Madonna wasn’t there.
    Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • And new time restrictions will put an end to the two, 24-hour lots on Shelter Island.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Albums, meanwhile, have been trending longer for decades, ever since the CD boom of the 1990s put an end to the space constraints of vinyl.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 17 May 2024
  • If confirmed, will Prigozhin's death put an end to or just increase any threat to Putin's power?
    Harold Maass, The Week, 25 Aug. 2023
  • From prep to after care, building a healthy scalp routine can help put an end to the age-old patting.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The European Union was created to put an end to war and has proved a peace magnet.
    Roger Cohen Laetitia Vancon, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • Don Omar and Daddy Yankee have put an end to their years-long feud and rivalry, and have made peace.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The results from this latest study don’t put an end to the Nanotyrannus debate.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Trump endorsed Moreno back in December, but the nod did not put an end to the race like many expected.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Widespread morning lows the following day were in the 20s, according to NWS, which put an end to the growing season.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Israel has vowed to put an end to Hezbollah fire into northern Israel, after nearly a year of exchanges between the two sides that drove tens of thousands of people from their homes on both sides of the border.
    Bassem Mroue The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024

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