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stop short

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Sometimes the stems are quite bare; on other occasions they are partly branched; in any case the branches are short.

Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.

He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.

THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN

They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.

"But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.

At twelve, or fifteen, or sixteen, or twenty it was decided that they should stop learning.

And since he was a very fast runner—for short distances—he met Grandfather Mole just as the old chap was crawling up the bank.

When the short-skirted, gossamer clad nymphs made their appearance on the stage they became restless and fidgety.

He had seen the act committed, he felt sure but had made no effort whatever to stop the thief.

Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

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OCTOBER 26, 1985