Lucky for him, every French attempt at a counterattack was stopped by his artillery.

This was a violation of the competition rules and the attempt was stopped at that point.

Any attempt would have been immediately stopped with a murderous swipe.

But every attempt to leave the wadi was stopped by very heavy fire from well placed machine-guns.

A second attempt at building a church in 1873 was stopped because of an economic depression.

During the afternoon of the 13th, the Chinese forces took up positions around the 23rd's perimeter, but any attempts to advance were stopped by artillery.

His second attempt to rise to the throne in 644 was also stopped by revolt.

Yin's last attempt at revenge and victory had been stopped.

This blatant attempt to circumvent an important environmental law must be stopped.

The attempt was discovered and stopped by guards.