Sentence examples for soon ground from inspiring English sources

My fiction writing, however, soon ground to a halt.

These talks, however, soon ground to a halt.

Preliminary construction works were commenced in 1879 but soon ground to a halt due to a lack of funds.

The government outlawed distribution of LSD, and research into its effects soon ground to a near halt.

In a desperate effort to balance the books, the industry was soon ground down by internal rivalries, lacklustre designs and labour disputes.

The primary attacking force soon ground to a halt, shifting the focus of the operation to Kupres, where substantial reinforcements were deployed to ensure a gradual advance of the ARBiH.

His letters are punctuated with versions of the flying figure, soon grounded and disconsolate, as Saint-Exupery was himself to be, having clumsily damaged an $80,000 airplane in the middle of a war.

Police work is represented at its most realistic – often inspiring, mostly soul-destroying – while lofty ideals in any field are soon grounded in the petty grudges and vitriol that shroud them.

It was soon grounded for other reasons.

Andrew Toles fielded it and threw well to second base, but Russell had a double, and he stayed at second when Albert Almora Jr. soon grounded out to third base.

Finding that it was unable to offer further assistance, the tug set off for Liverpool with the purpose of returning with a lifeboat, but was soon grounded, thereby leaving the stricken American ship to fend for herself.