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1 Some observers say Russia will stop short of recognising the breakaway regions.
2 We stop short of nose-picking; we are debased enough as it is.
3 The inside of the stone shelter made Ayla stop short with surprise.
4 So many things in literature stop short when the people are married.
5 The cracking sound of a breaking branch caused him to stop short .
6 The young man saw the woman with the disfigured face stop short .
7 When they are safely behind the bars the traffic will stop short .
8 All human words tend, of course, to stop short in human meaning.
9 To stop short of this will be a disastrous and everlasting calamity.
10 Having gone thus far, it would have been inhuman to stop short .
11 He had to stop short lest his passion should carry him away.
12 You would stop short of murder, now that you have got religion.
13 D'Artagnan had already passed on, but this remark made him stop short .
14 And finally, I saw David come round the house and stop short .
15 Why should His craft stop short at man, His most finished creation?
16 Gittin' him 's what made 'em stop short jist whar they was.
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