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Example sentences for: brakes

How can you use “brakes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

If you’re going to join in, check the brakes and tires and make sure a strong lock is included.
Cells were pelleted at 400 g for five minutes without brakes, the supernatant was decanted and the pellet was loosened by vortexing at setting 4. Cells were washed with 1% BSA/PBS and repelleted.
The modern automobile is laden with microchips, which control fuel intake, cruise control, anti-lock brakes, and more.
Similarly, no one really believes that raising the Fed funds rate from 5.25 percent to 5.50 percent is going to put the brakes on economic growth (although the gradual rise from 4.75 percent to 5.50 percent has to have had some effect).
Most of the old names for vehicles' constituent parts persist in our newer machines too: wheels and tires and axles and brakes and springs , of course; but also the collective name for all this stuff, the under-carriage now applied to cars and trains and even airplanes!