Sentence examples for stopped against from inspiring English sources

The door stopped against something.

A mangled heap stopped against the wall to the office of the White House physician, Jones said.

Glover's adventures included two great escapes at the 18th, the first when his ball stopped against a seated spectator on the hill, the second when he made sure not to address his golf ball after he replaced it because it then rolled down the hill on its own.

Keys of the last type were certainly used on the organistrum, a large medieval hurdy-gurdy operated by two players: one turned a crank rotating a wheel that rubbed against one or more strings to make them sound, while the other produced different notes by turning the key-shaped levers that stopped the strings at various points (much as guitar strings are stopped against the fingerboard).

The Mercedes stopped against a Honda Accord, which had been parked in a driveway.

"Huh?" "What the fuck is 15percentt?" Phoebe had stopped against his movements.

The Raiders are confident and on a roll and it will not stop against the desperate Titans.

There was humor and a kind of narrative in opposites: stopping against starting; low notes against high, riffs against melodic form and bebop rhythm against pure smeared texture.

"We had to stop against Monrovia in the middle because of the lightning," said Phan, whose team is 2-0.

Insert a dowel into the muzzle end of the barrel, pushing it down into the barrel until it stops against the bolt or breechface.

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