Sentences with phrase «stopped dead in my tracks by»

I was stopped dead in my tracks by the pop quiz» «Can you name any of his great speeches or written works without citing «I Have a Dream» or the «Letter from Birmingham Jail»?»

Amidst my groggy morning scroll I was stopped dead in my tracks by an isolated six - second - soundbite:

For an intelligent, experienced and talented man in the prime of his political career, the taste of defeat was bitter; all the more so when his forward propulsion was stopped dead in its tracks by his own brother.

I love walking along at an international auto show, minding my own business, and getting stopped dead in my tracks by an abjectly beautiful vehicle I've never seen before.

As we were strolling blissfully through the halls, we were stopped dead in our tracks by this cute little watercolor vignette.

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I also do not believe it will be at all easy to change the leadership of Labour so soon after electing a new leader in such a short space of time - It shouldn't be discounted also that Corbyn could do very well as party leader in the next few years and stop dead in their tracks any attempts by his rivals within the party to challenge his authority.

• Quantum Leap In January, two teams of Harvard physicists announced they had done the impossible by stopping a beam of light dead in its trackIn January, two teams of Harvard physicists announced they had done the impossible by stopping a beam of light dead in its trackin its tracks.

Chased into the parking lot by bullish men at the funeral, they catch up to her and instead of a tense showdown, Buckley turns and lets out an agonized, lengthy scream that stops the men dead in their tracks.

But Blood Wars «screenplay (by Kyle Ward, who co-conceived the story with Cory Goodman) is clunky and uneconomical; for a film that runs 90 minutes, it frequently stops dead in its tracks so characters can narrate the action, or highlight their shallow thoughts and emotions to the point of absurdity.

The progress we've made dismantling the school - to - prison pipeline over the last few years could be stopped dead in its tracks if U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos rescinds guidance provided by the Obama administration that helps public schools address student discipline without discriminating.

If a lender finds out either with a drive by appraisal or other means, the loan will stop dead in its tracks and likely turned down.

The cue ball could stop dead in its track only to get whacked back into motion by one of the other balls a moment later or if it's a glancing blow the cue ball might remain the fastest mover for a few moments.

And by bringing people in Bellingham together with others across Whatcom County and the local indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation, she helped stop the coal project dead in its tracks in 2016.

Earlier in September, a Comcast spokesperson told The Verge that the FCC's proposal «would stop the apps revolution dead in its tracks by imposing an overly complicated government licensing regime and heavy - handed regulation in a fast - moving technological space.»

This can occur for a number of different reasons, but with Android 8.0 Oreo, a new feature by the name of Rescue Party aims to battle bootloops and stop them dead in their tracks.

These homes that would stop me dead in my tracks and force me to whip out my camera if I was walking by.