Sentence examples for derail at from inspiring English sources

A disagreement has the potential to derail, at least temporarily, the progress that rebuilding officials and Mr. Libeskind are making toward the completion of a detailed design.

Mr. Romney's advisers hope the upshot of the grass-roots anger and a divided delegate picture is that they will be able to derail at least temporarily the rush to crown Mr. McCain as the nominee.

The interview was thrilling to listen to as it sounded so likely to derail at various points, but it was also a rather charming, complex study of close siblings.

It's not clear how that will work given that the trains already have a tendency to derail at slow speeds.

If you're cynical, you'll see that the track for this pesky issue was built so the train could derail at any time.

Archives|May 31-June 6; Derailing at 125 M.P.H. May 31-June 6; Derailing at 125 M.P.H.

His efforts were almost derailed at the start by a moment of awkwardness.

A conductor informed him that a train had derailed at the DeKalb Avenue station in Brooklyn.

And in 2012, a train with about 1,000 riders on it derailed at the Rosslyn stop.

Reds are nearly nonexistent, as most sketchy customers seem to be derailed at yellow or orange.

It is believed at least one of the rear carriages of the train derailed at 50mph and exploded.