check in time

Example Sentences

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His patient drew a long breath, and a grimace which he could not check in time shot over his face.

From The Man from Jericho by Litsey, Edwin Carlile

Surely a salutary check in time may be applied to such an evil.

From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry