brake

Example Sentences

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For example, follistatin effectively releases the hand brake on muscle development by blocking myostatin, the protein that normally keeps it in check.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

“We think that the sorting out of these uncertainties plus likely somewhat slower earnings growth are likely to place a brake on share price appreciation.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Checkpoint inhibitors, first approved in the U.S. in 2011, remove a brake on the immune system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

They required a corner-entry style very different from Hamilton's natural approach, which has always been to brake late and use the pitch change of the car to help with rotation as he turns in.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

If there wasn’t a dragging brake beam to rip me down the back, I was go’n make it!

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns