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Example sentences for: halt

How can you use “halt” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

By the 17th century, Évora had lost influence and development came to a halt, preserving the city’s distinctive 16th-century palácios for posterity.
Chinese secret societies waged constant gang wars for the control of the mines, bringing production to a halt at a time when world demand for tin was at a peak.
The only holiday on which all commerce comes to a halt is the Chinese New Year in January or February.
From the bank, head for Queen Street, which leads north from the Birdcage, a metal cage once used by police officers to direct the traffic that regularly comes to a halt on Front Street.
To halt the Iroquois advance, the French community of 300 burned their own village and returned to Québec.