How to Use screeching/crashing halt in a Sentence

screeching/crashing halt

noun
Definition of screeching/crashing haltnext
  • The lights go out and the song comes to a screeching halt.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The run came to a screeching halt in Week 4 against the Oregon Ducks as the Buffaloes were blown off the field.
    — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Then the pandemic hit, and so much of what Noah had built came to a screeching halt.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2022
  • But what happens when that full-speed-ahead pace hits a screeching halt?
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Look out for it next time a Formula 1 race comes to a screeching halt.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 23 June 2021
  • Four years ago, a virus brought everyday life in the United States to a screeching halt.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024
  • But that momentum came to a crashing halt in a 4-0 loss to Japan on Monday.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The manner of victory against Iran — that sense of a team being let off the leash — brought all of that to a screeching halt.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
  • When the lockdown was declared in March, his car rental business came to a screeching halt.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • If the Bulls don’t strike first Wednesday against the Toronto Raptors, their season could come to a crashing halt.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
  • And here’s a prediction to ponder: this will be the year several streaks come to a crashing halt.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Parking yourself in a chair for hours on end is also thought to bring your bowels to a screeching halt.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But a few weeks later, his business, and those of all its competitors, came to a screeching halt.
    — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
  • But in May 1913, his prolific career came to a screeching halt.
    — Angela Aleiss, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The first began when McIlroy’s blistering start – six birdies across his first eight holes – came to a screeching halt at the 18th tee (the group had started from the 10th hole).
    — Jack Bantock, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The psychedelic party came to a screeching halt in the early ’70s.
    — Milan Kordestani, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
  • But if the GOP picks up the Senate, his influence on the judiciary could hit a screeching halt.
    — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
  • And then everything came to a screeching halt and life intervened.
    — Andrew Goldman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The first two challenges of the season brought to a screeching halt midway through both competitions.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Inevitably, a pass would be delivered at somebody’s ankles or a jumper wouldn’t hit the rim and practice would come to a screeching halt.
    — New York Times, 30 Jan. 2021
  • The airline industry received a bailout of $54 billion at the height of the pandemic when air travel came to a screeching halt.
    — Mina Kaji, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Odey’s three-decade run as one of London’s most famed and controversial hedge fund managers has come to a screeching halt.
    — Bynishant Kumar, Fortune, 16 June 2023
  • That all recently came to a screeching halt when the city criminalized the substance.
    — Theara Coleman, The Week, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Then December 6th rolled around, and everything came to a screeching halt.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
  • December, the month in which most serious NFL playoff contenders hit their stride, saw the Dolphins come to a screeching halt.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2022
  • This tweak drastically improves the flow of gameplay and doesn’t grind battles to a screeching halt as the original did.
    — George Yang, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2022
  • After Blanco’s goal, the pace and quality of the match came to a screeching halt for an extended period.
    — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • This is just the first domino to fall in their plan to use the rolodex to topple the patriarchy, but the good times come to a screeching halt when Evelyn storms in, furious that Linda destroyed the rolodex.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
  • But her good deeds came to a screeching halt last July when her canine rescue van was hit and totaled by another car.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
  • In the wake of the 2023 writers’ and actors’ strikes, local crew members and creatives described an anemic return to production as major companies sought to slash costs and the era of Peak TV came to a screeching halt.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024

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