How to Use screeching/crashing halt in a Sentence

screeching/crashing halt

noun

• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• The actual case against Trump came to a screeching halt months ago as McAfee held a lurid trial within a trial over the conflict of interest claims.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• The pace came to a screeching halt in the second half as Portland settled in defensively, not allowing near as many chances for OL Reign.
  — oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2022
• Black attorney Deena Wood’s busy life in Atlanta came to a screeching halt following a nasty divorce, being fired from a high-profile law firm and her mother’s death, though not in that order.
  — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
• For the first two years of the decade, the pandemic brought the wedding industry to a screeching halt; elopements and micro-weddings were, for obvious reasons, very big, with millions of nuptials canceled or postponed.
  — Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 1 July 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024