Sentence examples for stopped to a from inspiring English sources

Vif, the 7‐5 favorite, was in perfect position in third place down the backstretch and then stopped to a walk and finished last.

In another statistical exercise, Fagan compared the number of stops in each enforcement area, and the race of the people stopped, to a benchmark that he constructed based upon the racial composition of the area and its crime rate.

Long Run looked sure to finish third after jumping the final fence but was eased and stopped to a walk on the run-in, being passed by both Barachois Silver and Durban Gold, meaning he beat only one rival home.

A computer will famously prefer for accuracy a clock that has stopped to a clock that is five seconds slow, on the grounds that it is at least precisely correct once per day.

We stopped to buy a pumpkin at a farm stand.

I stopped to initiate a conversation with a stranger.

We stopped to take a look.

Many riders stopped to take a dunk.

We have not stopped to rest a single minute.

I stopped to examine a tree festooned with paper stars.

The horse stopped to take a bite of agave.