Sentence examples for stalled in front of from inspiring English sources

For the next three days, the advance of the 9th Panzer Division was stalled in front of these resolutely held positions.

Despite the acquisition of Sniper Ridge, the attack on Triangle Hill stalled in front of the dominant Hill 598 as both American battalions suffered heavy casualties to Chinese grenades.

Plus there's music pouring out of every corner, so people stall in front of displays and then slowly start to dance in place.

I did not want to buck and stall in front of a crowd; besides the dozen in my retinue, including a TV cameraman, there were still fans in the stands from the real drivers' practice sessions.

In the more compelling story, Wallenberg uses trumped-up papers to rescue about 20 Jews, only to have the truck that is supposed to carry them stall in front of the building where they had been hiding and forcing the would-be escapees to huddle in the vehicle for two days.

We came across the Perini Ranch Steakhouse's mesquite-smoked, peppered beef at a high-toned fête where the buffet line kept backing up and stalling in front of these spicy, medium-rare slices of tenderloin direct from Buffalo Gap, Texas.

This suggests that Chd1 functions at processive genes to remove the nucleosomal barrier ahead of PolII and in its absence PolII stalls in front of the now static promoter proximal nucleosomes leading to a reduced efficiency of promoter escape.

This was vital to observe the site of action of Chd1 on nucleosomes, as had been previously indicated in vitro (PMID: 16086025 and 16518397) and the stalled PolII in front of nucleosomes upon loss of Chd1 activity.

Stock up on handmade decorations and aebleskiver (Danish doughnuts) at Christmas stalls in front of the cathedral.

Shoppers lead with their elbows at the bargain stalls in front of the Galeries Lafayette and Printemps department stores.

"Before, the Americans had so much money," said Mr. Parungao, 64, in his small stall in front of where the U.S. submarine tender Emory S. Land was tied up for a visit.