Sentence examples for stopped by something from inspiring English sources
The pain was stopped by something else, something small.
One afternoon, in Nefteyugansk, I stopped by something called the "center for youth initiatives," a space for various artistic and civic projects led by the city's young people.
Science-fiction writers have arrived at analogous solutions to the grandfather paradox: murderous grandchildren are inevitably stopped by something — faulty pistols, slippery banana peels, flying squirrels, consciences — before the impossible deed can be carried out.
I could have gulped down the expense and bought a ticket days earlier, but I was stopped by something that I can only describe as embarrassment, as though it would be presumptuous to assume that my presence would be meaningful, to myself or to anyone else.
Delethalizing some premium-class seats — in which a passenger's head and torso have a lot of room to accelerate before being stopped by something solid — requires the addition of a feature that many passengers don't even realize is there: an air bag concealed in the seat belt.
There are little noises of surprise: Patrick never does this on TV! SpongeBob is holding out his delicate hand, but I am going over, until I'm stopped by something firm but small.
In all truthfulness I just stopped by Okay Mountain yesterday to drop something off and then remembered that my VICE column was due today.
Stop by because this is something you won't want to miss!
Maybe she stopped by to get something".
Rimkus knew she wanted games — pinball and pool — so that women who stopped by would have something to do even if they didn't know anyone.
