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Sentence Examples An action group today pledged to halt proposals for a new community centre outside its village. He brought Pegasus to a halt, and alighted him, tying the reins to a nearby post, and giving the white horse a quick pat. The England players called off their strike last night, but a statement of angry intensity should halt talk of a climbdown. The march led to traffic being blocked, before it came to a halt outside the provincial governor's office. Dawn is breaking just as a series of prowl cars screech to a halt outside, waking the dogs and causing babies to cry. It was inevitable that runaway property inflation would come to a halt but few anticipated asset depreciation in the housing market. I can't tell you how long I've been here on this traffic island, the clockwork in my watch rusted to a halt long long ago. It devastated the city bringing the financial capital of India to a grinding halt. My convertible purred to a near halt, maintaining a turtle speed as I skimmed the sidewalks on the way to school. Last spring, Alexis O'Hara brought her third year of organizing the Montreal Slam to a halt in order to pursue her own artistic goals. The cutbacks would mark a halt to the massive expansion within the civil service and local authorities since devolution. Both athletes ground to a halt, clutching their thighs and grimacing before they were even two-thirds of the way down the track. It's remarkable that the editors didn't grok this basic fact, and put a halt to the entire ridiculous experiment before it even got started. It is steeped in references to Arthurian legend and there are chunks of dirge-like opera, during which the story grinds to a halt. Vinnie's bachelor life comes to a halt when he assumes guardianship of his incredibly intelligent and mature nephew, Wendell. Our love affair with borrowing and spending now seems to be grinding to a halt, with retail sales figures hitting a 10-year low in April. As he continued his remarks, a few individuals rushed the stage and twice disconnected his microphone, forcing him to halt the speech. I gulped sea air, pressing hard on the acupressure points I'd learned to halt nausea. Dramatic use of enjambment brings the movement of the line to a sudden halt. But now dreams of joint efforts have ground to a halt and neglect has left Russia's system in disrepair. Show More Sentences The tributes were so effusive that Speaker Martin had to order a halt before the House dissolved in tears. It coincided with a report from the all-party Commons environmental audit committee which also demanded a halt to the government's plans. As I sat in my alfresco office whittling away at a divining rod, a beaten up old truck screeched to a halt. Something must be done to halt the alarming decline in television audiences on whom it depends for its lifeblood. The 28-year old skids to a halt, undoes her safety belt and leaps athletically from the car, slowly peeling off her driving gloves. When income tax and excise revenues are not delivering, then it is time to call a halt on gratuitous payments to the public sector. The medication ergotamine and related drugs can halt a migraine in progress. He will not be the first, or the last, and inviting one or two into the A-team squad for training will not serve to halt the exodus. Strong, bold leadership is essential to bring a halt to the exploitation of fear of change. The idea that the intervention was intended to halt mass expulsions and genocide has always been a convenient fantasy. They had just gotten out of eyeshot of the previous passage when they came to an abrupt halt. The trusts hope the new approach will help halt the decline in some UK species and habitats, such as Wiltshire's chalk downland. But one local councillor believes Government proposals for 24 hour drinking in pubs and clubs might halt any improvement. I think it's high time we called a halt to all those penn'orths of tar we've been applying to the ship. I coasted to a halt, removed my helmet and sat down on the rocks, watching the lake. When the door had swung shut behind him, he came to a halt and looked around. She outstretched her hand in an attempt to halt her already dashing sister, but she was too far. The cognitive mechanisms in his brain had ground to a halt, as had everything else. Among the most aggressive cold warriors, Johnson determined to halt Soviet and Chinese expansion. In addition, flag hoists and flashing light signals were sent to try and get the ship to halt. Show More Sentences They always come to a halt, have a price check, and sometimes spontaneously combust the second I get in line. Other times, he prioritizes superfluous aspects of the narrative or the set design to take over and slow his storyline down to a virtual halt. It seemed inevitable that something would be done at the beginning of this week to halt the incipient crash dynamics of the stock market. Rail, road and river communications came to a halt during the strike and businesses, schools were closed. Revelations that some schools are performing better than expected might halt the drift towards fee-paying grind schools. What that means, is if nothing is done now, the city will gradually but inevitably come to a halt. Steam hissed out from the underside of the panels and the rotating slowed to a halt, the poles chinking into place in the cold, metal floor. But now the regular information they received from police has ground to a halt. The giggling came to a sudden halt as a sharp breath of air was inhaled somewhere above me. Scientists tackling the thorny problem of a foreign superweed hope a humble insect could halt its rampage across UK gardens. Such a ruling could be upheld by only 51 votes, rather than the 60 required to halt a filibuster. She handed it to him on the instant and he drank without halt while the bowl seemed to keep itself replenished. He crowed, bringing the dun, Kai, to a skidding halt just feet away from her. The rise in interest rates would worsen the economic slowdown requiring more potent measures to halt it. The carriage slowed to a halt as Kaylen heard the clatter of hooves on cobblestone. The severe economic contraction that began in the summer of 1937 seems to have brought the New Deal's legislative activism to a halt. As I stood panting for breath after an hour's walk in Amazon-like conditions, the man leading us called a halt. He is in stable condition after throat surgery and a battle to halt the spread of an inflammation in his chronically ill lungs. Aboard his flagship, he stared coldly out the window as the vessel slowed to a halt. As the cars raced along the dusty streets another Iraqi police vehicle converged on the Nissan, forcing it to a halt. Show More Sentences He has certainly struggled to break sweat against the calibre of opponent trying to halt his progress thus far this week. The former pits a grinding feedback howl against persistent organs before the organ eventually sputters to a halt, exhausted. As the brilliant Sun is covered by the Moon, the pearly corona flashes into view, the sky darkens, and all of nature seems to come to a halt. At the top of its list was a request that the government halt plans to privatize and corporatize the Taiwan Railway Administration. I scrutinized the reflection of my stilled body, trying to halt the rise and fall of my belly in order to appear corpselike. When he reached the river's edge, he came to a sharp halt, but his fingers fluted on, the instrument still tuneful. The strike has brought the state government to a halt, with both the ministries and the parastatals paralysed. In our post-industrial age, would this radical government intervention grind capitalism to a halt? The strike is set to halt postal delivery and post office counter service in the London area. Residents have urged the county's traffic chiefs to fund separate safety measures in a bid to halt the mounting death toll. More clothing was removed during their session, but their sexual foreplay came to a halt soon. To those who had watched forlornly as his political hopes ground to a halt in 1989, 1994 and 1998, it seemed he was tempting fate. Finally they all swooshed to a halt and we clapped heartily, while feeling a bit disconcerted by the whole thing. That system is also creaking to a halt, with plunging enlistments and retentions. In an effort to hurry along tardy golfers and call a halt to five-hour rounds, hundreds of British courses are introducing a speed penalty. In an automatic you virtually freewheel to a halt so the brakes have to stop the car all by themselves. In the main filling room, gallons, halt gallons, pints, quarts and half-pints are filled. A number of police cruisers screeched to a halt and formed a barrier for other officers to use as cover. From 10.30 am on Saturday, the usual hustle and bustle of weekend shoppers ground to a halt as people stopped to watch the procession. The four young pilots came to a startling halt as they watched the lithe, curvy figure stepping out of the cockpit. Show More Sentences The demon screamed in fury as he flew through the air, before smashing through a tree and finally, sliding to a halt. Villagers who failed to halt a major house building project in Weir have vowed to keep an eagle eye on developers. Bahamut came to an instant halt when the bullet hit, an ear-piercing explosion followed. The two rear carriages tipped over on their sides before the train came to a halt. Like the aforementioned sports, rain effectively calls a halt to proceedings when it comes to earth moving. There are concerns scaffolding could be used to construct gallows from which protesters would be suspended on motorways to halt traffic. There is the danger that the political process of democratization will grind to a halt. Of course Rhyann had absolutely no clue what exactly what predestined event her grandmother was trying to halt. Unfortunately, Reigart's hands are tied by Admiral Piquet, a French NATO officer who shadily puts a halt to Reigart's rescue operations. Individuals with chronic weight problems will be offered operations like gastric band surgery in a bid to halt the obesity epidemic in the town. She gawked unabashedly at the passing scenery, then stared wide-eyed as the car came to a halt in the shadow of the huge home. Another deadstick landing followed and this time he even had the time to turn left and clear the runway before bring the Spitfire to a halt. The air brakes kicked in, almost deafening her, and the plane slowly came to a halt. But the lift came to a halt midway, forcing those inside to press the help button and ask for assistance. Connect that flywheel to an electric generator and electricity will flow until the wheel grinds to a halt. Patients, their families and relatives will also be asked to pressurise local politicians to force the Government to halt the cutbacks. A ghost of a touch sets flesh to quiver, mind to glaze over, and a gaze to follow it until it slows to a halt. As we taxied to a halt, a car drew up to the plane's steps to take us home through mundane rush-hour traffic. Leading him to a tree and commanding him to halt she hefted the saddle on and fastened the girth. Constant readings are taken of temperature and humidity, and dehumidifiers work away to halt the rust. Show More Sentences They walked for a distance over the rough hillside and then came to a halt on a promontory which loomed out over the ravine. His designer high-top sneakers skidded to a halt in front of me, and I half expected to smell burnt rubber. We had travelled the rough un-surfaced, ungraded roads for nearly a fortnight without mishap, but now sand had clogged the filter and the vehicle coughed to a halt. Their train ground to a halt en route through France when, in an early example of sporting high jinks, one of the party pulled the communication cord. This can lead to overtraining, which can halt or even diminish your gains. The skimmer came to a halt outside one of the hut-like buildings. Wilson never called a halt to it, but there's a common practice of whenever anything bad is mentioned, it's put in the passive voice as if nobody did it. Coming to a halt, she rested her hands on her hips and tilted her head upwards, sucking at the air like a claustrophobic who'd been trapped in an elevator for too long. She tossed her head and slowed as Mische clopped up to halt beside her. With the squeal of abused metal, it grated to a halt, engine still idling. The proceedings of the Ladies Club have come to a halt for a coffee break. If the government fails to be firm and resolute, the loss of confidence could bring the economy to a halt while social unrest and regional conflicts could increase. Has anything happened or new information been acquired as a result of these activities that would change the imperative to halt the use of tobacco? The coalfield was brought to a halt as pit after pit came out on strike. The business of government, or at least its public presentation, is grinding to a halt because of something which, at the end of the day, is pretty piffling. But since most of our principles are cultural inheritances, discussions halt at a tolerant mutual respect, even when we remain convinced that the other person is wrong. Done properly, quarantine could often halt further contagion. In the past few years, Swindon police, in partnership with the council, has introduced a number of measures to halt the tide of yobbish behaviour. To cook the quail's eggs, drop the eggs into boiling water for three and a half minutes and then plunge them into iced water to halt the cooking process. Obviously, the existing damage, sustained over the past half century, is irrevocable but so much could be done to halt the decline and save what is left. Show More Sentences For, despite its size, the Phaeton fairly skims along the highway, cornering smoothly, accelerating in an instant and slowing to a halt in another. The city had decided to temporarily halt the mosquito fogging program. As the lorry crashed into two cars and came to a halt, Mr Whaley jumped into the cab and cut the engine, while one of his colleagues called an ambulance. The pilot slammed on the brakes and came to a halt two thirds of the way down the runway, turned full circle and headed towards a crossroads in the tarmac. Nicolas pulled up close behind them just as several more police cruisers, lights flashing and sirens blaring, screamed to a halt in front of the house. A machine gunner atop a Humvee kept his weapon trained on the truck and watched through binoculars as it came to a halt and troops frisked the driver and a companion. We may be able to get transitions up and down fairly well, halt to walk, walk to trot etc, but what happens when we ask it to miss a gait, say halt to trot or walk to canter. The Germans were using new tactics of defence in depth developed in the west, and the Russian offensive ground to a halt with appalling casualties. A snag in the sound system brought the music and dance to an abrupt halt, prompting Archana to crack a few jokes at the expense of the electrical crew. It is advisable to keep a novel in the glove compartment of the car on a rainy day because the traffic comes to a grinding halt on the main roads. He came to a halt before her and stared down into her eyes demandingly. The 65-year-old, who is pictured right, was gowned up and set to be taken to the operating theatre to have the surgery when doctors called a halt. The train came to a halt as someone pulled the emergency cord. Speed bumps definitely do make you slow down, and taxi drivers take sadistic pleasure in exasperating their passengers by coming almost to a halt in front of them. By the time the German attack froze to a halt before Moscow on December 5, 1941, it literally could not go any further. The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt. However, according to the Official War Diary of Army Group A, its commander, Generaloberst Gerd von Rundstedt, ordered the halt. On 22 May, a halt order was issued by the German High Command, with Adolf Hitler's approval. I pray you let the drama halt while Chorus stalks to the footlights and drops an epicedian tear upon the fatness of Mr. Hoover. When you have a process built on trust and when that trust is abused, ISO should halt the process. Show More Sentences I should never have tried to grind the computer system to a halt. Firstly I got sacked, and then my boss gave me a right earful. William died unexpectedly in July, removing the last major challenger to Henry's rule and bringing the war in Flanders to a halt. Chiang ordered the American General Daniel Isom Sultan, commanding NCAC, to halt his advance at Lashio, which was captured on 7 March. A pressure group called upon the then Transport undersecretary Norman Baker to halt the scheme. Our use of international influence to halt England, France and Israel's aggression against Egypt in 1956 was a historic turning point. Peaceful British attempts to halt this fort construction were unsuccessful, and the French proceeded to build the fort they named Fort Duquesne. In 1968, the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact allies invaded Czechoslovakia to halt the Prague Spring reforms. Winter, and a deteriorating supply situation on both sides of troops and materiel, led to a halt in ground operations. This led to an intense campaign to halt the population explosion, and the decade registered a sharp decline in population growth. Devastating hurricanes in 1926 and 1928, followed by the Great Depression, brought that period to a halt. This put a halt to London shows while the new premises were being prepared. Despite inflicting heavy casualties, the Aztecs could not halt the Spanish advance. The outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 brought rugby union in Scotland to a halt. Following the Napoleonic Wars, Great Britain established the West Africa Squadron in an attempt to halt the international traffic in slaves. In R v Clegg a soldier in Northern Ireland shouted at a car approaching a checkpoint to halt. Tijuana experienced a building boom that was brought to a halt by the Great Recession. You halt a few moments on the first platform and listen to the notes of a huge organ that occupies a part of it, discoursing excellent music. Meanwhile, back at Parkside the other seven trains had come to a halt following the accident. It is a misconception that the Luddites protested against the machinery itself in an attempt to halt progress of technology. To halt this trend, Frederick William I divided Prussia into regimental cantons. Show More Sentences The bot juddered to a halt, as the whole lower segment of its power arm darkened. The FTC will seek a preliminary injunction to halt defendants' practices during the pendency of the litigation. The FPO called for a complete halt to all immigration until unemployment went below 5 per cent. Charles Cornwallis pursued Washington, but Howe ordered him to halt, and Washington escaped unmolested. With his career at a halt, Severus decided to temporarily return to Leptis, where the climate was healthier. Reproductive development slows to a halt during each winter season, and then resumes each spring. On 9 April 1838, these were extended to a temporary halt at Denbigh Hall, near Bletchley, providing a coach service to Rugby. The Black Death brought a halt to Edward's campaigns by killing perhaps a third of his subjects. After savage fighting the campaign was successful until Dafydd's sudden natural death brought it to a halt. Gwersyllt is an unmanned halt which serves the Gwersyllt suburb of Wrexham. The most immediate consequence was a halt to the campaigns of the Hundred Years' War. In Brunel's favour, it has been noted that he had the courage to call a halt to the venture instead of struggling on with it at greater cost. At this she clapped a savory conserve into the pouch, directing me not to show it till our halt for noonmeat. If I can't even swing elementary lunchmaking my career in politics may just grind to a halt here and now. Abolition meant a virtual halt to the arrival of black people to Britain, just as immigration from Europe was increasing. Having slipped to 127th in the provisional ranking and now aged 58, Reardon called a halt to his formal playing career. Calzaghe suffered his first career knockdown in the second round, before rising to halt Mitchell in the very same round. During the war Brockworth and the surrounding area were bombed by the Luftwaffe in an attempt to halt the production of aircraft. Beach drainage systems have been installed in many locations around the world to halt and reverse erosion trends in sand beaches. All steps and marchings executed from a halt, except right step, begin with the left foot. Show More Sentences On 25 April 1916, a decision was made by the German admiralty to halt indiscriminate attacks by submarine on merchant shipping. Throughout June, while Philip's campaign ground to a halt in the north, Richard was taking a number of important fortresses to the south. Rupprecht intended to halt the French west of Arras and envelop them around the north side of the city. On 18 October, the German XIII Corps arrived, reinforced the VII Corps and gradually forced the British II Corps to a halt. This halt in trading allowed the Federal Reserve System and central banks of other countries to take measures to control the spreading of worldwide financial crisis. Her litter came to a sudden halt at the cross street, to allow a coffle of slaves to shuffle across her path, urged along by the crack of an overseer's lash. The meeting came to a grinding halt when the two sides could not agree. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. On 27 June, at a show in Nuremberg, Germany, the concert came to an abrupt halt in the middle of the third song, when Bonham collapsed onstage and was rushed to hospital. David's Battery fired a warning shot to bring them to a halt. Despite the heavy casualties and his promise to halt the offensive if it did not produce a breakthrough, Nivelle ordered the attack continued into May. Fear that the war would lead to disastrous conditions for industrial areas, with increased unemployment, abated as the German offensive on the Western Front came to a halt. Having disposed of the French, Bedford called a halt to the pursuit and returned to the battlefield, where Salisbury was closely engaged with the Scots, now standing alone. On 30 April Ludendorff called a halt to the Flanders offensive. The War Cabinet promised to monitor progress and casualties and, if necessary call a halt, although in the event they made little effort to monitor progress until September. This may be the result of a halt in the deposition of sediment. Because most series have nonwriting producers on their staffs, those decisions will not lead to an immediate halt in production of most prime-time dramas. During the election campaign Labour had promised to halt rail closures if elected, but they quickly backtracked, and later oversaw some of the most controversial closures. Waves that arrive in a direction other than obliquely along the spit will halt the growth of the spit, shorten it, or eventually destroy it entirely. However, without support from other Russian units the attack stalled, Gripenberg was ordered to halt by Kuropatkin and the battle was inconclusive. Show More Sentences Guderian had ordered the 2nd Panzer Division to capture Boulogne, the 1st Panzer Division to take Calais and the 10th Panzer Division to seize Dunkirk, before the halt order. On 23 May, Rundstedt had ordered the panzer units to halt, concerned about the vulnerability of his flanks and the question of supply to his forward troops. Hitler told them that the British had no hope of survival, and ought to negotiate, but were hoping to get Russia to intervene and halt German oil supplies. The wedding party came to a halt at the foot of the tree and some of them lay down to eat and the Raja got out of his palki and lay down to sleep in the shade. Around 1300, centuries of prosperity and growth in Europe came to a halt. Around 1300, centuries of European prosperity and growth came to a halt. Coming at a time when Alexander was trying desperately to halt Napoleon's advance, the British response to his call for help appeared even more pinchbeck than it was. Beginning in 1835, Queen Ranavalona I persecuted these converts as part of an attempt to halt European cultural and political influence on the island. The Aztec forces managed to push back the Spanish and halt this assault on the capital with a determined and hard fought land and naval counterattack. After independence, Lima became the capital of the Republic of Peru but economic stagnation and political turmoil brought urban development to a halt. To be sure, the proletarian can restrain his natural instinct by reason, and so, by moral supervision, halt the law of nature in its injurious course of development. 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What is the opposite of halt? Words that rhyme with halt What is the past tense of halt? What is the plural of halt? What is the adverb for halt? What is the adjective for halt? What is the noun for halt? Translations for halt Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words Halstead Halse halse hals halothane halos halted halter haltered halters halting haltingly 4-letter Words Starting With h ha hal