How to Use halt in a Sentence

halt

1 of 2 verb
  • Betts swatted the Texas run to halt.
    — CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Betts swatted the Texas run to halt.
    — John Marshall, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The score was 0-0 when play was halted.
    — ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The worm abruptly halted as a fish grabbed it and ran.
    — Hank Bradshaw, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026
  • Daiyan Henley had a sack near the goal line to halt a drive.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Rail traffic in the area was halted.
    — Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
  • The patient fessed up, and the surgery was halted.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The project will halt one hour prior to and one hour after games.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 May 2026
  • That result alone should have halted the process.
    — Matt Klink, Oc Register, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The blast tied the game at 7-7 and then heavy rains halted play.
    — Kansas City Star, 14 June 2026
  • And Massie voted to halt the war on Iran.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • And Massie voted to halt the war on Iran.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • Cooper’s ruling halts those plans for now.
    — Collin Binkley, Fortune, 30 May 2026
  • The courts have halted those layoffs.
    — The Npr Network, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Hishow has halted the release since.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The burning gas line forced crews to halt their search for survivors for a time.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Play was not halted at any time while the man was being treated.
    — CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The game was not halted at any time while the man was being treated.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Kings had their five-game winning streak halted.
    — CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The scoreboards went out, the time clocks were stopped and play was halted on all four sheets.
    — Zack Pierce, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Some are angry that more isn’t being done to halt the bloodshed.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Lawsuits have already been filed to try and halt the measure.
    — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Although they were halted, no charges were ever filed against them.
    — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • That seemed to halt the Chiefs’ momentum.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But this isn't the first time that the idea to halt gas tax amid surging prices has been brought up this spring.
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • The team halted that project four years ago amid a funding dispute with the city.
    — John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026
  • The Cubs halted their losing streak.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Replies on the group’s social accounts have been halted.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The commuter train remained halted on the tracks.
    — CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • As a result, the trial was halted.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 27 Oct. 2025

halt

2 of 2 noun
  • The car skidded to a halt.
  • They put a halt to the rumors.
  • Since then, the case has ground to a near-halt.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The first-half speed bumps ground the game’s flow to a halt.
    — Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But late last year, the rhythm of his life came to a halt.
    — Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Then that game came to a screeching halt.
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Then, their plans came to a screeching halt.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • When the man fainted, the event came to an abrupt halt.
    — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Andy clattered up the hill through the brush and pulled to a halt.
    — Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The war could grind the AI build-out to a halt.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The pickup came to a halt outside our bunker.
    — Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This huge project near completion was brought to a halt.
    — Anne McDonald, Architectural Digest, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Then, his promising rookie year came to a halt.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • But both companies have since put a halt to those plans.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But both companies have since put a halt to those plans.
    — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But the writers and actors strikes brought his plans to a halt.
    — Alexis P. Williams, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • But when my mother got ill, his creative life came to a halt.
    — Brian Frazer, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • Orozco said things came to a screeching halt.
    — Adam Duxter, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Their offensive flow grinds to a halt.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • Many scenes grind to a halt with the shy girl too terrified to speak.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Iran’s blockade has brought all of these exports to a near-halt.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
  • But in the last five weeks, that traffic has come to a grinding halt.
    — Npr Staff, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Just then, a white jeep sped down the corner, screeching to a halt.
    — Andrew V. Papachristos, Scientific American, 9 June 2023
  • But just as things had started rolling, they were brought to an awkward halt.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • But with shipping through the strait mostly at a halt, oil and gas prices have spiked.
    — Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
  • But by midday, House action again screeched to a halt.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • What should a player do if their ball comes to a halt on a paved (and unplayable) road?
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 21 June 2026
  • As the work trickled to a halt this year, however, he was let go.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 May 2023
  • At the last second, the man screeched to a halt, peeled out of the parking lot and drove away.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
  • But watch for combat to come to a halt until these hostages are released.
    — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025

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