Synonym: arrest, cease, check, end, quit, stop. Antonym: march. Similar words: hall, half, hallow, whale, hallway, shallow, behalf, halfway. Meaning: [hɔːlt] n. 1. the state of inactivity following an interruption 2. the event of something ending 3. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement. v. 1. cause to stop 2. come to a halt, stop moving 3. stop from happening or developing 4. stop the flow of a liquid. adj. disabled in the feet or legs.
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(151) But once adaptation to the new conditions had been achieved, Darwin assumed that evolution would come to a halt.
(152) But it made no mention of a halt to the mainland bombing campaign.
(153) They either wobble around on their bikes or screech to a sudden halt.
(154) The convoy drew to a halt in front of the hotel.
(155) Just about everyone hoped they would disappear without trace when that tide ebbed and frenetic buying and selling ground to a halt.
(156) And watched the clock so he could call a halt to it as soon as possible.
(157) Prevention education has been unable to halt this behavior, or even to make much of a dent in it.
(158) Inflation did eventually accelerate, and tight-money measures have barely begun to halt it.
(159) The government has taken steps to halt further dollarization of the Russian economy.
(160) But low hydrogen yields and poisoned catalysts soon had these systems grinding to a halt.
(161) Despite the urgent need to halt economic decline, neither has a clearly defined policy.
(162) The car drew to a halt alongside the front door, and an instant later the driver's door swung open.
(163) But the movie crawls to a halt and goes over the top in a drawn-out finale inside an empty hotel.
(164) A bit more than a year since his election, Netanyahu has succeeded in grinding the peace process to a halt.
(165) There was great confusion and indignation as the marchers were forced to halt.
(166) The structure that I have suggested is sufficiently robust to halt that slide and ensure that acute care remains free throughout.
(167) As early as today a federal judge could order Napster to halt users from downloading copyrighted music.
(168) Last month disagreements about who should be eligible to vote brought registration to a halt.
(169) The effect was to shut off the detours and bring the entire city to a halt.
(170) At the back entrance to the chapel, Jack came to a shuddering halt.
(171) And I will screech to a halt, when I finally get there, in a disabled parking slot.
(172) The lawsuit asks a judge to halt the project until environmental issues are sorted out.
(173) He rose and led them both down the stone steps, coming to a halt at the entrance to the vestry door.
(174) Excise officers in the Republic are co-operating with their colleagues in Northern Ireland to halt the trade.
(175) The young elephants threatened to flounder to a halt, and with them the flow of life-blood to Verdun.
(175) Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
(176) The score indicates how far the ball bounces forward before it comes to a halt.
(177) None could halt or defeat such deep-rooted determination to learn.
(178) Almost at once there was a slight crunch of gravel under wheels as a vehicle came to a halt.
(179) Every few minutes the guns would halt as some obstruction worked its way down the long column.
(180) The coach had drawn to a halt outside the Theater an der Wien.
More similar words: hall, half, hallow, whale, hallway, shallow, behalf, halfway, in half, hallowed, halyard, salt, challenge, salty, alter, dealt, challenged, hallelujah, nonchalant, wealth, health, fealty, exhalation, on behalf of, hallucinate, cephalopod, altogether, altered, healthy, royalty.