Examples of 'grind to a halt' in a sentence

Meaning of "grind to a halt"

This phrase is an idiomatic expression used to describe a situation where something comes to a sudden stop or ceases to function properly. It is often used metaphorically to describe the stopping or slowing down of a process or activity
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  • To come to a standstill, or cease to be productive or make progress, due to an obstacle.

How to use "grind to a halt" in a sentence

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A supermarket without a compactor would grind to a halt.
The world would grind to a halt without electricity.
So the internet kind of started to grind to a halt.
Fisheries must not grind to a halt by the next millennium.
I believe that growth will grind to a halt.
Grind to a halt for good.
And the program would grind to a halt.
Processes grind to a halt in Council because of the requirement for unanimity.
The entire country would grind to a halt.
Things grind to a halt.
I would rather see the government grind to a halt.
The world seemed to grind to a halt when the snow came.
We must ensure this process does not grind to a halt.
If you do not it can literally grind to a halt under the weight of network traffic.
Production on our slate of films will grind to a halt.

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Our country must not grind to a halt in trying to deal with the menace.
And their fall fishery will grind to a halt.
The EU will not grind to a halt without this Treaty.
Without them our economy would grind to a halt.
Hong Kong would grind to a halt without them.
And the wheels of justice would grind to a halt.
Your world would grind to a halt if I willed it.
This has caused the economy to grind to a halt.
Does the world grind to a halt without you?
International commerce would grind to a halt.
Why, this grilling would grind to a halt if a suspect asked for a lawyer he 's entitled to.
International trade could grind to a halt.
Everything will grind to a halt when the plate-tectonic engine finally stops.
This city would grind to a halt.
Almost like someone pulled a lever that made many of the particles grind to a halt.
Funding will grind to a halt.
This does not necessarily mean oil production will simply slowly grind to a halt.
Country would grind to a halt.
A single misshapen piece of protein can make the whole machine grind to a halt.
He thinks the place will grind to a halt without him.
One second too late and the whole assembly line should grind to a halt.
Cities would grind to a halt.
They may avoid bread and meat since these foods generally grind to a halt.
I doubt the wheels of commerce will grind to a halt because a few children pay us a visit.
They are afraid that oilseed production could grind to a halt.
European unification and solidarity grind to a halt at the point where money begins to talk.
The wheels of world commerce would grind to a halt.
In reality, the world 's economies would grind to a halt without the services that ecosystems provide.
At this rate our essential services will grind to a halt.
Chakotay thinks Voyager would grind to a halt without those spare parts.
Without which the production would undoubtedly grind to a halt.
Kingdom Hospital Neuro can not grind to a halt because Steg oversleeps.
We are seeing one of those charades begin to grind to a halt.
In the end, this process will grind to a halt even between the official nuclear states.
But the second song made me grind to a halt.

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Examples of using Grind
Do not grind or sand near flammable materials
I got to go through the grind to make it as a hero
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Examples of using Halt
There was a need to halt regional nuclear threats
A halt to involuntary exposure to smoke passive smoking
It sort of ground to a halt after the university
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