1.   I tied a towel round his leg to try to stem the flow of blood.

2.   She stemmed the flow of tears that came, knowing they would sting his body.

3.   The brigadier tried to stem the flow with a tourniquet.

4.   To stem the flow, he advocates strict trade protections, including high tariffs on imported goods.

5.   Austria has sent three army battalions to its border with Hungary to stem the flow of illegal immigrants.

6.   She was gabbling now, she dimly recognised, but it was too late to stem the flow of words.

7.   Sandbags were used to stem the flow but several corridors were soon under water.

8.   Rose stemmed the flow, encouraged the ebb, and he allowed it to be that way.