brake
Example Sentences
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Nebraska law bars “any personal use whatsoever” of state-owned vehicles, and State Auditor Mike Foley is determined to slam the brakes on such “joyriding.”
The sailor assigned to man the brakes in the cockpit and another who was towing the jet had to jump off at the last second.
In Bahrain, the above techniques were not really needed because there are a lot of braking phases into slow corners to recover energy in the standard way.
From BBC
He just climbed back in the wagon, unwrapped the check lines from the brake, and said, “Get up!” to those old Missouri mules.
From Literature
OTTAWA—Factory activity in Canada hit the brakes last month, with an early estimate pointing to a sharp retreat in sales.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
