Words similar to halting
Example sentences for: halting
How can you use “halting” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
At times he speaks in short, halting phrases, pausing between the most unlikely words, and then he'll rush through a series of phrases so quickly that he'll nearly run out of breath and almost gasp out the last words--rhythm as characterization, his cadences revealing the contours of his troubled spirit as concisely as his words.
The Daily Mail 's front-page headline, above a picture of French farmers halting British trucks with burning barricades at the Channel port of Calais, was "Merde ! What a flaming cheek," and inside in an editorial it said, "A million scientists proclaiming that beef from excrement-fed cattle is safe will only reinforce the commonsense view that animals fed in such a disgusting way cannot possibly be healthy."
That was the perplexed comment that greeted my first halting efforts to explain the Clinton scandal to my children, ages 6 and 9. I promptly began quoting the profundity to my friends and reflecting indignantly, along with the rest of America, on what a poor role model the overgrown youth in the White House is for our youth.
The NYT front says one reason the U.S. investigation into possible laundering of Russian money through the Bank of New York has been so halting is that two of the law enforcement bodies with responsibilities in the case--the Manhattan D.A.'s office and the FBI--have not been cooperating with each other.
By providing insight into the immunopathogenesis of COPD, our findings provide genuine hope that future therapies capable of preventing or halting smoking-related lung disease may be possible.
Loading...