1.   Harry gaped at him, brought up short.

2.   After years of complacency, Germany has been brought up short against hard realities.

3.   But he finds himself continually brought up short in pondering the choices people faced and wondering about those who ended up serving in the Wehrmacht.

4.   But investigators were soon brought up short.

5.   Even unflappable Tom was brought up short on that one.

6.   His hermit life is brought up short when several thugs inexplicably break into his home searching for ... something.

7.   Suddenly our Dickensian holiday of glittering lights and brightly wrapped, beribboned gifts is brought up short and explodes into an atrocity.