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    stopper example sentences

    stopper


    stoppered


    stoppers


    1. He stands, glass stopper in hand, staring into space for several moments before pouring the amber liquid into his glass


    2. It was a good size jug with a glass stopper and its contents smelled a lot tastier than what the kids were drinking, even putting off a little trace of fume


    3. The glass probably held over a half gallon, the wooden legs were six inches high and it was a wide-mouth with a thin but springy clip-down stopper


    4. He opened the stopper and gave it a quick sniff


    5. said, removing the stopper and lifting the jar to his lips


    6. Dusty grabbed them as fast as they were filled ready to deliver back to their parched owners he came to me first and tossed the full bottle up I thanked him and opened the stopper taking a long swig of the cool water and it was heaven I sighed in recognition of just how wonderful it tasted


    7. 5 inch) Stopper gun to shoot a plastic baton round and tear-gas at the crowds


    8. The bottles had an old-type of stopper with the flip lock and ceramic top and rubber washer that William remembered seeing a number of times when he was a kid


    9. “You know how to open that type of stopper, don’t you?”


    10. “Sure I do!” William had already found the flip part of the stopper and the bottle made a small pop sound as soon as he released the top

    11. He pulled the stopper back and took a drink of the beer directly from the bottle


    12. for a product of two faucets, pipes and stopper -


    13. if that was the end of the conversation, not really a show stopper at a cocktail party but Derek decided to probe some more


    14. ‘It is now bound only to your hands, so only your fingers can open the stopper, I’m afraid the contents are far too dangerous to be unleashed by just anyone


    15. Hugging in close to the large crystal she quickly pulled out the acid vial from her mouth, thankful for the sturdy magical glass not breaking in her teeth, but as her hand was about to pull off the stopper, a crossbow bolt punched her from her feet, sending the vial flying backwards into the sand


    16. Only two more steps and she would be within an easy throwing range of the crystal, she undid the vial’s stopper


    17. Here is the heart stopper:


    18. When it was full she pulled it from the stream and knotted its stopper into place


    19. , also surprisingly a bottle of Chardonnay (opened - with a plastic stopper inserted) and a bottle of Bell’s…the “Hotel” obviously knew quite a bit about their personal preferences…


    20. “Tony, bring me that green bottle – the one with the glass stopper

    21. " When the captain of the guard heard Jesus say, "I thirst," he took some of the wine from his bottle and, putting the saturated sponge stopper upon the end of a javelin, raised it to Jesus so that he could moisten his parched lips


    22. To clean a stainless-steel sink, put the stopper in the sink with two denture-cleaning tablets and half fill with water; leave for several hours or overnight and the next day it should be sparkling


    23. He finally gripped the glass tube with both hands and put the sealed top to his mouth and gripped the white plastic stopper with his teeth


    24. Just as soon as Hank pulled the stopper out of the vial, releasing the smell of the blood into the air, Boris swung around in alert


    25. He swiftly took it from the Emperor's hand, and crouching down to the floor, pulled out the stopper


    26. He pulled out the stopper and swigged the dark red liquid quickly


    27. She was glad that a heavy stopper, securely fixed in the broad neck of the jar, kept this hideous creature locked in its glass prison


    28. was true, or she used it as a conversation stopper


    29. She pulled off the glass stopper and


    30. He unplugged the stopper and tossed the bubbling contents onto the green

    31. She proceeded to pull out a purple vial with a cork stopper


    32. She opened the stopper and cast the


    33. The acid canister lacked a stopper but Nefer had wanted me to return it


    34. We die because the stopper of life Satan inside us


    35. b) Every winch shall be provided and used with a stopper, pawl or other reliable


    36. I think she must have heard through her servant of the number and texture of those pink and blue silk handkerchiefs, of his amazing piles of new and costly shirts, of the obvious solidity of the silver on everything of his that has a back or a stopper or a handle or a knob


    37. I should have gone for the Stopper first


    38. I have a Stopper


    39. ” She took out a small test tube with a cork stopper filled with clear liquid, “She’d want you to have these


    40. stopper, and the stopper secured in the first bottle, Rich inserted a plastic tube into the adjacent hole and snaked it over to the second bottle

    41. bottle stopper ran the four-foot hose that would carry the “processed” smoke


    42. His duties were simple and his pay was minimal and he was glad to put a stopper in his slowly leaking bank account


    43. One of the women must’ve noticed my interest in the perfume, because she quickly stood up holding a little stone jar with a wooden stopper out to me saying something quickly in her native tongue


    44. “What is it?” she asked, pulling the stopper out of the top


    45. When she was sure she was alone, she pulled a small empty vial from her pouch and pulled the stopper


    46. She held the vial up to the blood pouring from his mouth, and then returned the stopper when it was full


    47. If it is maintained that death, as it descended upon infants born of Adam, does not signify eternal misery, we maintain, as the result of this admission, either that it did not signify eternal misery in the case of Adam himself, or, if it did, that it signifies the same thing in the case of his infant posterity, which you deny;—and thus the opponent’s mouth is shut with a stopper of his own invention, unless it is decided that assertion shall stand in the place of argument, when of course the discussion is ended


    48. Connor put the stopper in his water skin and stood up


    49. It is highly exasperating that twenty-five people of your acquaintance should be able to say straight off something very much to the point about being in Greece, while for yourself there is a stopper upon all emotions whatsoever


    50. through each pole stopper into the main pole and this
















    1. Jorma stoppered the steam and they drifted slowly under the bridge


    2. She collided with a woman selling stoppered phials of perfume from a handcart


    3. I unhooked his water bottle shaking it and finding out that it was nearly full which was good I uncorked it and took a deep drink I stoppered it again put it in the haversack and slung it on my back


    4. Manna pulled out a stoppered jug from a sack under the seat, drank a little of the liquid and offered it around


    5. I handed him the small jug of blue woad dye, stoppered with a piece of oak branch, and my sharp iron pin


    6. and pulled out a black stoppered bottle


    7. They are satanic zombies that can only be stoppered by whittling away


    8. Blind Io took up the dice-box, which was a skull-various orifices had been stoppered with rubies, and with several of his eyes on the lady he rolled three fives


    9. CRIMSON HAG: One of the Unseelie King’s earliest creations, Dani O’Malley inadvertently freed this monster from a stoppered bottle at the king’s fantastical library inside the White Mansion


    10. Caris poured the liquid into a tiny jar, stoppered it, and bound the stopper tightly with cord, tying the ends in a knot

    11. The members of the gang were carrying half a dozen lambs, a jar of honey, a stoppered jug of cream and several leather bottles of wine


    12. But now the Confederate ports were stoppered with Yankee gunboats, only a trickle of blockade-run goods was slipping in from Europe, and the South was desperately trying to manufacture her own war materials


    13. I found a bottle of thick and odorous fluid stoppered with a brush; it was used to paint shut small weeping wounds, creating a flexible sort of artificial skin, never meant for serious cuts into which bacteria might have been carried by a blade


    1. 5 inch) Stoppers specifically designed not to kill, and shoot baton and tear-gas only (unless loaded with batteries too as the long haired liberals claimed)


    2. Counter whatever they throw at you but only counter in the beginning, don’t show off your show stoppers until the end; save your energy


    3. When she had enough branches, she took three pots of fire-oil and tied them to her belt, making sure the stoppers were fully in place


    4. If you have any information regarding either of these crimes, you are encouraged to contact the Miami Dad Crime Stoppers


    5. Earth stoppers are not paid workers


    6. conversation stoppers are said with such conviction that you may begin to


    7. of at least a dozen liquor bottles and bottle stoppers sprinkled across the tabletop, as if a shop


    8. cases while even the most skilled magician could not succeed in matching the stoppers with their


    9. “Not that I heard of, just said to call crime stoppers


    10. Each of the boxes contained a dozen small glass tubes with cork stoppers

    11. were conveniently outfitted with black rubber stoppers, each featuring two


    12. "I opened some of the bottles, smelt them, and put the stoppers to my lips


    13. stoppers that is just large enough to accept the pole


    14. Her mother’s hand rested lightly on the stoppers


    15. Marie-Laure can hear the aquaria bubble and the woman inhale and the rubber stoppers on the stool legs beneath her squeak as she shifts


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    Synonyms for "stopper"

    plug stopper stopple conversation stopper show-stopper showstopper cap capsule seal

    "stopper" definitions

    an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down


    a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply


    (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit


    blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly


    close or secure with or as if with a stopper