Example Sentences

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Another system that had sprung up in Texas was barreling toward the Midwest like a brakeless freight train.

From MSNBC • Nov. 18, 2014

When all the stripping, chroming, raking, molding, metal flaking and polishing are done, a chopper, righteously gleaming from fishtail exhaust to brakeless front wheel, may have cost its owner $5,000 in materials and labor.

From Time Magazine Archive

I heard you jumped on Ed Nussbaum's bike and did a bunch of brakeless whiplashes even though you had never even tried them on your own bike.

From Time Magazine Archive

Brooklyn's Marlon Europe is another street shredder who brought our brakeless rider count to seven.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cautious Mr. Markham finally got his ride, though Frank had to assure him that the engine of the brakeless vehicle would hold them back on any hill they would descend.

From The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology by Berkebile, Donald H.