Stopped

Examples

• When to-morrow comes, and he knows that I am in the house, do you think---- She stopped again, and looked at me very earnestly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• We did not go very far along the road, for Holmes stopped the instant that the curve hid us from the landlord's view. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But when they came to the town into Frances Street, the girl stopped a minute, and said, 'Yo'll not forget yo're to come and see us. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• And he had hardly looked up, to see what the matter was, when he was stopped by having a pair of arms thrown tight round his neck. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Safety clutches are numerous, by which the machine is quickly and automatically stopped by the action of electro-magnets should a workman or other obstruction be caught in the machinery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The instruments show a rapidly decreasing air pressure on all parts of Barsoom--the engine has stopped. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I never meant, my dear Wegg--' Mr Boffin was beginning, when Silas stopped him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• We kissed Charley, and took her downstairs with us, and stopped outside the house to see her run away to her work. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Ezra Jennings stopped at the road which led to the village. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I heard it nearing me slowly, until it came changed to my ear--came like footsteps moving onward--then stopped. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The same thing happened at each place where they stopped. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Mr. Sprague realized the trouble, quickly threw off the current and stopped the engine. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We found Piani and Bonello stopped in the farmyard. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I asked him what happened and he said, Oh, they stopped them. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Payment stopped at the Bank? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It has grown discouraged, and stopped. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• D'Arnot seized the pencil--then he stopped. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The manager stopped and unlocked a door and opened it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Of course they stopped too, instantly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My Prince, he started, where hast thou-- and then he stopped, but I knew the question that his lips dared not frame. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He stopped the car and got down to put up the hood. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• We stopped under the lee of the lobster-outhouse to exchange an innocent kiss, and went in to breakfast glowing with health and pleasure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• All at once, in the midst of his turbulent emotions, Bradley stopped and seemed to challenge his look. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Robert Jordan sunk his elbows into the ground and looked along the barrel at the four riders stopped there in the snow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She lifted her hand impatiently, and stopped me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Before turning to retrace his steps, he stopped upon the margin, to look down at the reflected night. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Riderhood stopped. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The making out of provision returns was stopped for the time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She stopped and looked at me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

Checker: Rosalind