How to Use screeching/crashing halt in a Sentence

screeching/crashing halt

noun
  • But what happens when that full-speed-ahead pace hits a screeching halt?
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Look out for it next time a Formula 1 race comes to a screeching halt.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 23 June 2021
  • Craig responds with a sucker punch that puts Austin on the ground and brings the night to a screeching halt.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
  • 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
  • When the lockdown was declared in March, his car rental business came to a screeching halt.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But a few weeks later, his business, and those of all its competitors, came to a screeching halt.
    — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
  • And then everything came to a screeching halt and life intervened.
    — Andrew Goldman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
  • However, the feel-good season came to a screeching halt during a five-game losing streak.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Four years ago, a virus brought everyday life in the United States to a screeching halt.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024
  • In any case, the great Florida land rush came to a screeching halt in 1926.
    — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The first two challenges of the season brought to a screeching halt midway through both competitions.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2023
  • That all recently came to a screeching halt when the city criminalized the substance.
    — Theara Coleman, The Week, 6 Feb. 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
  • The Juan Soto sweepstakes came to a screeching halt late Sunday night.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 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
  • In both games, the Rockets defended well, but in both contests, their offense came to a screeching halt.
    — Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Then December 6th rolled around, and everything came to a screeching halt.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
  • 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
  • This trend came to a screeching halt during the Covid-19 pandemic, but could be picking back up now.
    — Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 10 June 2025
  • But in May 1913, his prolific career came to a screeching halt.
    — Angela Aleiss, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Compounding the issue is the global flow of goods coming to a screeching halt if the economy worsens.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The network of services for mothers and children that Brown had spent more than a decade building was coming to a screeching halt.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The psychedelic party came to a screeching halt in the early ’70s.
    — Milan Kordestani, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
  • With things about to get bloody, June pulls the locomotive's emergency break, bringing it to a screeching halt.
    — EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Matt Shaw's impact on the 2025 Chicago Cubs may have come to a screeching halt.
    — Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
  • 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
  • Board the train and destroy its turrets to bring it to a screeching halt, then blow open the vault car with Thermite and you'll be rewarded handsomely.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
  • 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

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