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Sentence example with the word 'brakes'
brakes
Definition
n.
a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle
Last update: September 14, 2015
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She applied the
brakes
and the dust cloud caught up, cloaking the road so thickly that visibility was down to the front of the car.
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She rose stumblingly, the train quivering to the
brakes
, as the bishop entered.
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With a crash of
brakes
the team stopped at the bottom.
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We'll have to put on the
brakes
for awhile, Honora.'
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The driver favoured me with a sharp glance, and clapped on the
brakes
.
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If the fault is not the engine-driver's, then are the
brakes
to blame.
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The car came to a halt with a grinding shudder of
brakes
.
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