put on brakes

Example Sentences

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The engineer had seen the obstruction on the tracks and had put on brakes, in a vain endeavor to stop the express.

From The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor by Stratemeyer, Edward

“It’s against my principles to put on brakes when I’m going up a hill.”

From The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance by Chapman, Allen

The driver shut off steam and put on brakes, the Toad got down on the step, and as the train slowed down to almost a walking pace he heard the driver call out, 'Now, jump!'

From The Wind in the Willows by Grahame, Kenneth

At the height of the evening's flight there were sometimes fifty herons in sight at once, beating steadily onward until almost overhead, when they put on brakes and dropped.

From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William

The driver shut off steam and put on brakes, the Toad got down on the step, and as the train slowed down to almost a walking pace he heard the driver call out, "Now, jump!"

From The Wind in the Willows by Bransom, Paul