Outside my door I stopped short and surveyed the scene.
She always ran, and then she'd stop short in a room.
Better to go another five miles than to stop too short.
The man stopped short and again walked around to make eye contact.
He started to turn back to the young people on the other side of his table, but stopped short and looked out the window again.
At the sound of the shot he stopped short and ran off into the bush.
When the child saw the woman in uniform, she stopped short and then turned as if to run off.
He took long steps toward the door before stopping short.
"I've seen a lot of guys who have been in my situation, and for some reason, their dream stops short."
Twice I stopped short and turned to look along my back trail.
What is this, do you return at last to take up your old life here, which was so suddenly interrupted?
Tom's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the sound of girls' voices.
The sound of loud voices in the next room suddenly interrupted her thoughts.
My thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a great roar from the crowd.
The talks were suddenly interrupted when Latif was shot down.
Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a gentle knocking on the door.
Kirk's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a message from the bridge.
The thought was suddenly interrupted by a cry from T'sinadree.
When a stroke occurs the blood supply to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted.
When he was suddenly interrupted by his videophone it came as a relief.
Why did this marvelous moment have to be interrupted so abruptly?
He strode down the corridor, and was abruptly interrupted by the sound of running feet.
This work was abruptly interrupted in autumn 1997 with the fall into a heavy depression.
The series is often abruptly interrupted by parody commercial breaks.
This period was abruptly interrupted with the fall of the Venetian republic in 1797.
We were abruptly interrupted by a small, noisy, elderly mob.
His career was then abruptly interrupted when he contracted poliomyelitis.
My thoughts were abruptly interrupted by a thunder of hoofs.
His career was abruptly interrupted in 1950, when he was arrested for having sexual relations with a 17-year-old male.
The debate was abruptly interrupted by a minor alarm.
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