(1) We will never stop short of the goal.

(2) Yet we stop short of analysing what it is.

(3) These were understood to stop short of deployment of major ground forces.

(4) Doctors stop short of saying the disease is always fatal, but medical literature paints a bleak picture.

(5) Yet the argument against Ashdown's triumphalism has to stop short of encouraging the same fatal hubris among Labour politicians.

(6) From this point on, to stop short will be difficult and frustrating.

(7) I know people who would maim and yet stop short of murder.

(8) Both stop short of demanding censorship, though Mary Whitehouse is characteristically less tentative.

(9) We will never stop short of goal.

(10) He wouldn't stop short at murder.

(11) That country will not stop short at war.

(12) In fact, the submission appears to stop short of taking such an extreme position.

(13) Chilblains are only one stop short of frostbite, you know, and occur in all the same places.

(14) Will the city council actually stop short of increasing taxes?

(15) Education is a continuous process which does not stop short this side of the grave.

(16) I may not like her but I would stop short of calling her names.

(17) To stop short and turn restively from side to side ; balk.

(18) There is no reason, now(), why we should stop short of any degree of generality.

(19) He can be ruthless in getting what he wants, but I believe he would stop short of blackmail.

(20) I may withhold the truth at times, but I stop short of actually telling lies.

(21) It is revealing in how clear f was and yet I managed to stop short of naming it as racism.

(22) The government thought and acted for him, and if its action was suspended, social life would stop short.

(23) In fact, no general pattern is discernible, except that almost all stop short of full accountability to Parliament.

(24) The door opened abruptly, and over Roman's shoulder Claudia saw Dana stop short in confusion.

(25) There is just enough validity in the idea for it to stop short of mental derangement.

(26) A formal dictionary will only take you so far—and will usually stop short when you need the definition of a catchphrase, buzzword, idiom, slang word, or acronym.

(1) I may withhold the truth at times, but I stop short of actually telling lies.