How to Use stop short in a Sentence

stop short

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• Note that the slots in the drawer faces stop short of the top edge.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2020
• To get nice, distinct marbling, stop short of over-swirling the batter.
  — Zoë François, WSJ, 10 July 2021
• It Hillard hit a wall, turning a sure first down just on momentum into a stop short of the first down.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Jan. 2022
• Ekeler had intended to stop short of the goal line to let the clock run down and set the Chargers up with a short field goal to win on the game’s last play.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2021
• But the measure would stop short of granting the workers full rights as employees.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2021
• The judge could stop short of that, however, and issue a cap on detainees or mandate other ways to take the pressure off the island.
  — Max Rivlin-Nadler, Curbed, 8 Feb. 2022
• The idea is to approach maximal effort with the single-leg hold, but stop short of complete failure.
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 21 May 2020
• Those policies are nonbinding and don’t have the force of law, and even those limits stop short of what experts recommend.
  — NBC News, 28 Apr. 2022
• Lux’s improved numbers still stop short of spectacular, with only one home run and five RBIs so far.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• But the rivalry should stop short of one school making a move that financially ruins the other.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2023
• These measures stop short of prohibiting all citizens from using the app.
  — Erin Mulvaney, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022
• Borrell, said the EU would open a channel of communication with the Taliban but stop short of recognition.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2021
• The judge did, however, stop short of issuing a warrant for Jones' arrest, which the plaintiffs had requested.
  — Sonia Moghe, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
• Fortunately, in Kim’s vision the algorithms self-correct and stop short of killing all people.
  — Khari Johnson, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2023
• To hold otherwise — to claim the West should stop short of joining the fight, when that might be the only thing compatible with fulfilling the commandment — sounds appalling.
  — Damon Linker, The Week, 3 Mar. 2022
• Beijing’s swift and strict containment drive has so far allowed the city of 21 million people to stop short of a full-scale lockdown like the one that immobilized Shanghai.
  — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2022
• To cut corners, some installers will stop short, leaving a small gap of unprotected paint (and an unsightly line).
  — Michael Harley, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Tanaka and his coauthors stop short of asserting that this experiment proves that the illusion works exactly the same way in humans and in flies.
  — Grace Huckins, Wired, 28 Aug. 2020
• Both also stop short of making the restrictions mandatory.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2020
• These efforts, which stop short of approving foreign vaccines, are an attempt to keep the virus from overwhelming a health-care system ill-prepared for a flood of very sick covid patients.
  — Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2022
• Whether the committee would recommend impeachment, or stop short of doing so, remained an open question.
  — David Montgomery, New York Times, 24 May 2023
• Employers also might keep it simple and strongly encourage the vaccine, but stop short of requiring it.
  — Lila MacLellan, Quartz at Work, 16 Dec. 2020
• Musk could stop short of requiring identification but require that users use their real names.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022
• But our imaginations tend to stop short, in part because the vast majority of us have never seen actual carnage.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2023
• The images—which have only been available in high resolution in recent years—stop short of revealing an exploding volcano, but show a one square mile vent that changes shape over eight months.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2023
• Unlike with previous authorizations, the FDA is expected to stop short of a full recommendation, meaning the option would be open for people who want the shot.
  — Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg.com, 26 Mar. 2022
• Boost-glide weapons launch like ballistic missiles, but stop short of temporarily entering low-Earth orbit.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2023
• Health officials are expected to stop short of recommending the second booster.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 30 Mar. 2022
• Messi did however stop short of fully endorsing the country as a destination.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 June 2023
• The Chiefs have made efforts to address concerns about cultural insensitivities going back a decade but always stop short of altering their name or fan-favorite gestures and chants.
  — Dave Skretta, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024