Sentence examples for put a stopper from inspiring English sources

Intervention can only put a stopper in the bottle – but the bottle itself is shattering.

"I'm actually grateful that their existence put a stopper on 17 or so years of fairly extreme hedonism," he says.

Not even when I put a stopper in it and that bottle lasts well over a month.

It works to rein in unruly love handles, put a stopper on flabby arms and thighs and generally turn couch potatoes into taut gym bunnies.

These reforms represent a golden opportunity to turn the tide and put a stopper in the revolving door of the justice system.

Ever since "Die Hard," Rickman has stolen movies as though under cover of darkness, and he filches this one with a single speech: "I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death".

Directgov not only creates false expectations, it actually puts a stopper in campaigns.

You can remove garbage disposal odors by putting a stopper in the sink, filling it with a few inches of hot water and dish soap, then giving it a good flush.

Incredulous, he asked me, "Didn't Congress know that any four-neck round-bottom flask could be used in place of a three-neck round-bottom flask by simply putting a stopper in the fourth neck?" Hmmm.

They will be hoping to bypass the foreign ministry and instead exploit more direct routes of communication between the White House and the Kantei, Mr Koizumi's official residence.Mrs Tanaka's spirited fight with her ministry and her enemies in the LDP has put a few stoppers in Japan's conventional diplomatic channels.

You may use a washing tub or bucket, or scrub a sink clean and put in a stopper.