Example sentences for: halted

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

  • Toxic and infectious dementias can be halted or reversed, as illustrated by the effect of penicillin on dementia paralytica , the cerebral form of neurosyphilis.

  • President Clinton halted a strike by American Airlines pilots . Using the rarely invoked Railway Labor Act of 1926, he forced the pilots to postpone the strike for two months while federal mediators try to resolve the dispute.

  • The Australian , Rupert Murdoch's national daily, said Wednesday that if she failed to win, the Indonesian economy could be halted by strikes and popular unrest.

  • Greenspan's performance was likened to his calm approach in 1987, which some say halted the market slide.

  • In foreign affairs, after he had crushed the Duke of Milan’s army at Marignano and formed a showy alliance with Henry VIII of England, François I’s European ambitions were halted by the German Emperor Charles V. François even suffered the indignity of a year’s imprisonment in Madrid, following a resounding defeat at Pavia in 1525.


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