Sentence examples for stopped less than from inspiring English sources

We'd been stopped less than 10 minutes.

The ball stopped less than a foot from the flag for his easiest birdie of the day.

The controversial tactic – in which covert officers spying on protesters adopted the identities of dead children – stopped less than a decade ago.

His best shot came at the par 3, 197-yard No. 17, when Daly treated his typically boisterous gallery to a gorgeous 6-iron tee shot that stopped less than two feet from the hole, leading to an easy birdie.

His chip shot out of deep rough at No. 17 was brilliant, a deftly played shot that rolled across the green and stopped less than a foot from the cup.

Pernice seized the lead, but not control, with a 7-iron that stopped less than 3 feet away from the hole at the 17th, leading to only his second birdie on a steamy, calm afternoon that yielded plenty of low scores.

As if from nowhere, a pod of humpback whales appeared, stopping less than 100 yards from shore.

"Diesels are designed for long hauls, not station stops less than two miles apart," Ms. Anders said in an e-mail.

At the par-4, 354-yard 10th hole, Weir hit a sensational second shot that nearly landed in the cup for an eagle, stopping less than a foot from the pin.

Then at the par-4 No. 13, Woods hit another incredible shot, an iron approach that nearly went into the hole, passing by the left side of the cup and stopping less than 2 feet from the hole.

On some runs, that voice in your head will tell you to stop less than 1 kilometre in; on other runs, that voice in your head is cheering you on as you pass the 21 kilometre mark.