Sentence examples for stops a bit from inspiring English sources

Jon Orloff, Bethesda, Md.: Your column on the trouble in Iraq, credited to the blunders of the administration in not providing troops in sufficient quantity, stops a bit short.

The next ball stops a bit on him, slows off the pitch, and he struggles to time the short ball, bunting it away awkwardly for a single on the pull short.

Sadly, this plea for a return to high principle and unifying philosophy stops a bit short of unselfish patriotism.

Nothing really serious happened but you don't like when a horse stop a bit lame.

And we're going to be doing a lot in Women in Journalism to stop a bit of that".

Bikes bring you closer and allow you to stop a bit more, but you are still encumbered with gear.

Mike Bowers/The Global Mail It's been a choppy morning - so I see some benefit in stopping a bit earlier than normal to summarise events.

9th over: West Indies 90-0 (Charles 37, Gayle 48) Nasser reckons 160 will be a tricky target, with the ball stopping a bit in the pitch for the spinners.

"After we stopped a bit, thinking we had done the most difficult thing already.

I think that in some small way, people like me, DJ, and Ann are trying to get you to stop long enough to laugh, and then maybe stop a bit longer to take a breath and relax.

If you stopped a bit you've made progress!