Sentence examples for stop advancing from inspiring English sources

My son stops where he is, because he thinks I'm telling him that he should stop advancing toward me.

That said, rebel commanders have previously broken promises to stop advancing in their attempts to overthrow President Bozize, who came to power in a 2003 rebellion.

Most seem to cling to a hope that the seas will stop advancing someday and that their children, and children's children, will remain.

Dr. Crenshaw and his colleagues programmed the rib spreader's onboard computer to stop advancing it within a quarter of a second after sensing one of these pops.

Putin called on Russian-backed insurgents in the east to stop advancing, and urged Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the region.

Writing on King Cnut, Aldersey-Williams makes the point that the king was not being hubristic when he ordered the sea to stop advancing, but proving to his sycophantic ministers that man's power is limited.

It read: "Snow conditions bad stop advanced base abandoned yesterday stop awaiting improvement".

However, he also instructed his family to stop advanced life support in the event of a terminal prognosis.

Anti-government activists in Thailand have blocked off dozens of polling stations in an effort to stop advanced voting ahead of this week's general elections.

On the other hand, you'd save an awful lot if sea levels stopped rising, ice caps stopped melting and deserts stopped advancing.

It is not, however, always a bad thing – some historians have credited the season with stopping advancing armies from Napoleon to the Nazis.