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Definition of the day : « stemming »
- verb come from
- verb prevent, stop
- And she, stemming her fears once more, ran to do his bidding.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- At last he was stemming the strong tide-rip off Brimstone Point.
- Extract from : « Jim Spurling, Fisherman » by Albert Walter Tolman
- After the bristles are ready, the next thing is to make the stemming.
- Extract from : « The Ladies Book of Useful Information » by Anonymous
- He went to the window and leaned out, stemming his hands on the sill.
- Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller
- I left them stemming the gulf stream with a beautiful breeze.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2) » by Michael Scott
- I tried to incline him to the calmer paths of life; but it was stemming a torrent.
- Extract from : « The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 1 (of 4) » by Jane Porter
- You can now stop either by stemming alone or by stemming and turning.
- Extract from : « How To Ski and How Not To » by Vivian Caulfeild
- The term “stemming” may be used in several different senses.
- Extract from : « How To Ski and How Not To » by Vivian Caulfeild
- Her progress was slow, for she was now stemming the current.
- Extract from : « Among Malay Pirates » by G. A. Henty
- There was no stopping or stemming the sweep of the men of Munster.
- Extract from : « The Irish on the Somme » by Michael MacDonagh