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How to use halt in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun, adjective

Halt means to limp; move with a limping gait. Example: “The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.”

Examples of halt by meaning

verbTo cause to discontinue.

  • The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.

nounA cessation, either temporary or permanent.

  • The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.

nounA minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

  • The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.
  • Here there is a halt named Kilmakerrill, after which the line descends to Manorhamilton (24¾ miles).1956 May, D. B. McNeill, “The Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 332

nounA small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities.

  • Halts were normally unstaffed, tickets being sold on the train.2024 June 10, Wikipedia contributors, “Train station”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation

More sentences with halt

  • The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.From the entry deluge
  • The meeting came to a grinding halt when the two sides could not agree.From the entry grinding
  • After the visionary's death, work on his ideas ground to a halt.From the entry grind to a halt
  • The wagon halted for an hour to load up with supplies.From the entry load up
  • He halted in midspeech as he noticed a curious figure hurrying towards us.From the entry midspeech
  • Halt in the name of the law!From the entry name
  • Cut the engines when the plane comes to a halt!From the entry cut
  • Medicines will not avail to halt the disease.From the entry avail
  • As the train came to a halt at the depot, Anne detrained swiftly and ran toward the river.From the entry detrain
  • Work on the new high-rise ground to a halt as contractors tried to deal with all the red tape.From the entry grind to a halt
  • The old minibus phuttered to a halt.From the entry phutter
  • 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.From the entry give someone an earful
  • Some mudflows are so viscous that they come to a halt in the stream channel.2020 May 11, Alistair F. Pitty, Introduction to Geomorphology, Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry mudflow
  • Bus service has been suspended, schools closed and production halted at factories not making daily necessities.2020 December 13, “Asia Today: Japan, S.Korea set new daily records, mull steps”, in AP News, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2020. From the entry Dongning
  • Wang to halt a play about her story on stage at the Hampstead Theatre in London.2019 September 25, Emily Langer, “Shuping Wang, whistleblower who exposed China’s HIV/AIDS crisis, dies at 59”, in The Washington Post…. From the entry Zhoukou
  • Signy lost herself in the wort-cunning and was surprised when Helga called their work to a halt.2017, NH Kerr, Signy Kráka - Part 2: A story of völva magic and survival in Viking Scandinavia. From the entry wortcunning
  • The Hariri-Aoun agreement has shown that Hezbollah can bring the national political system to a halt.2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 13…. From the entry Lebanese
  • Advances were brought to crashing halts, and whole areas became impassable.2016, Simon R. Green, Deathstalker War. From the entry crashing
  • The unprecedented move comes one day after Samsung halted production of the dangerously glitchy devices.2016 October 10, Jose Pagliery, “Samsung tells users: Turn off your Galaxy Note 7 phone NOW”, in CNN Business, archived from the original…. From the entry glitchy
  • Supreme Court denied a motion filed by Williams’ lawyers to halt the execution.2015 July 16, Jon Herskovitz, “Texas set to execute man for murder of 93-year-old woman”, in Sandra Maler, editor, Reuters, archived from…. From the entry mentally retarded
  • Juan dynamited the brakes and the car skidded to a halt.2009, Claude M. Pearson, Portia Rising, page 50. From the entry dynamite
  • "We were likely going to see more funds halt redemptions" and break the buck.2008 September 19, “Money-Market Funds Get $50 Billion Backstop From US (Update1)”, in Bloomberg. From the entry break the buck
  • The bot juddered to a halt, as the whole lower segment of its power arm darkened.2007, Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void. From the entry bot
  • She halted her pacing steps as the ugly significance of Nicholas Caulfield's pending arrival washed over her.2006, Sophie Jordan, Once upon a wedding night. From the entry doom
  • Raj leaned back in the saddle and Horace halted with a resentful wuffle.2003, S. M. Stirling, David Drake, Conqueror, Baen Books, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry wuffle
  • The minute hand moved with a clonk, and shuddered to a halt on the 9.2002, Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man. From the entry clonk
  • Such a halt would enhance any model railway, perhaps leading to a fiddle yard on the right.1999, Alan Postlethwaite, Odd corners of the Southern: from the days of steam, page 27. From the entry fiddle yard
  • If you hadn't called a quick halt, the cops would have turned him into a human pincushion.1997, Catherine Coulter, chapter 15, in The Maze, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnams Sons, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Berkeley…. From the entry pincushion
  • We drew into a halt: a few huts, a siding, some heaps of abandoned coal.1987, Sarah Lloyd, Chinese Characters: A Journey through China, London: Collins, →ISBN, page 222. From the entry baozi
  • "Very poetic." They came to a halt before the outer door.1986, Marie Nicole, Foxy Lady, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry something
  • Abreast of the first soldier, he too took in the round collar and halted gapemouthed.1984, Fred Saberhagen, Machines That Kill, →ISBN, page 164. From the entry gapemouthed
  • This automatically halts the autofade and returns control to the manual fader.1974, Willard F. Bellman, Lighting the stage: art and practice. From the entry autofade
  • Lute Springer halted as abruptly as if he'd been snared by a catchrope.1973, Richard Brister, Cat Eyes, page 23. From the entry catchrope
  • 'You cannot enter here,' said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted.1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 190. From the entry abyss
  • We halted by a fairy-like pool where the proud Davey stood beside a wopper ’roo.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 134. From the entry fairylike

Meaning of halt

  1. verb To limp; move with a limping gait.
  2. verb To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
  3. verb To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.

Full definition of halt

Questions about halt in a sentence

How do you use halt in a sentence?
Halt is used as a verb, noun and adjective. For example: “The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.”
What is a short sentence with halt?
“Halt in the name of the law!”
What does halt mean?
Halt means to limp; move with a limping gait.

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