Examples of 'halt' in a sentence

Meaning of "halt"

halt (noun) - A stop, cessation, or pause in movement or progress. This term is used to indicate a temporary or permanent stoppage
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  • To limp; move with a limping gait.
  • To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
  • To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
  • To waver.

How to use "halt" in a sentence

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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.
Let us halt the ratification process now.
Indicates when the halt input is active.
Call a halt to this bloody stupid feud.
But you can order him to halt.
I called a halt before anything else went wrong.
It would bring drone development to a grinding halt.
It would permanently halt production of the penny.
Halt the increases in obesity and diabetes.
We need measures to halt speculation on sovereign debt.
That situation must be expeditiously brought to a halt.
We can not halt progress or alter history.
There is a proven treatment to halt cancer completely.

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We could halt there for the night.
The second challenge is to halt climate change.
You do not halt an investigation halfway through it.
So you have the right to halt printing.
Copenhagen must halt this temperature increase.
Except make you both agree to halt it.
We must also halt the brain drain.
And brought the inauguration parade to a halt.
We must demand a halt to the use of violence.
After that life has come to a halt.
No other way to halt the infection spread.
The cartel shipments have been grinding to a halt.
There must be a halt to the presidential election.
I want all moving vehicles everywhere to halt.
We will halt here for the night.
This alarm will not halt delivery.
Programmes to halt the loss of marine biodiversity.
This again brought the process to a halt.
Agreed to halt construction on over a week ago.
I think that we must call a halt to this.
You halt the entire system of justice.
Commission takes steps to halt loss of biodiversity.
Call a halt before somebody gets killed.
A supermarket without a compactor would grind to a halt.
It is urgent that we halt the advance of deforestation.
With serial numbers we can halt payment.
Halt use immediately if a problem appears.
The machinery always grinds to a halt somewhere.
Halt your vehicles then dismount.
Destruction of the forests should be brought to a halt.
They will immediately halt all negotiations.
You have brought the room to a halt.
This is crucial if we are to halt the loss of biodiversity.
Van engine putters and screeches to a halt.
The president ordered a halt to all bombing.

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