brake
Example Sentences
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It was as if my legs knew that this place was out of bounds for me and had put the brakes on without me even realizing.
From Literature
Factory activity hit the brakes last month, with an early estimate pointing to a sharp retreat in sales.
That could put the brakes on growth in global smartphone sales, which added 1.9 percent to reach 1.26 billion devices last year.
From Barron's
Shale companies have defied predictions that they would hit the brakes and pushed the national crude output to a record average of 13.6 million barrels of oil a day last year.
By 2021, Gray was burned out from the commute and was looking to hit the brakes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
