emergency brake

Example Sentences

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After seeing Jaiden start to cross the railway, the driver sounded the horn and applied the emergency brake.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Doncic’s 45 points came from the wild array of skills he possesses — deep threes, drives where he pulled the emergency brake for a pull-up jumper and trips to the line thanks to his physicality.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

In the Fort Totten crash, the system didn’t detect the parked train, and an operator onboard the moving train was unable to hit an emergency brake in time.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023

“Hit the emergency brake now,” reservists from the 8200 intelligence unit warned the government in a letter last week.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2023

In the tumult, someone pulled the emergency brake.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell