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Example sentences for "sudden halt"

  • Dylara, only a few yards from the trail's mouth, came to a sudden halt.

  • And not long after, a jungle dweller, swinging swiftly through the trees, came to a sudden halt on a swaying branch as a vagrant breeze brought the scent of her to its quivering nostrils.

  • The boulder with ever-increasing pace fell upon a moss-clad spot some twenty feet above the pirates, causing them to raise their eyes in that direction and come to a sudden halt.

  • But he quickly changed his mind, for ere he had traversed a dozen paces one of the silent missiles again swished with its low peculiar note through the air, and, striking the Dutchman in the shoulder, brought him to a sudden halt.

  • At some hundred paces distant, the rider detected the presence of Adair and his companion, and came to a sudden halt.

  • Here he came to a sudden halt, snorting with the terror of his late alarm.

  • With a smothered exclamation of surprise he came to a sudden halt--stood staring for an instant only at the features of the elder boy.

  • As they turned the corner of Cherry street he shot a hurried glance behind him and beheld the singular accident already described, which served to bring the detective to a sudden halt.

  • Officer Schneider, coming to a sudden halt, and looking up into the air.

  • Joe was slightly ahead when he came to a sudden halt.

  • Presently the animal came to a sudden halt.

  • Half of the rocks were passed when he came to a sudden halt.

  • Nell had come to a sudden halt, and her voice was low and passionate.

  • Pulling her beast back almost on to his haunches, she stood and waited till the horseman topped the rise and came to a sudden halt at sight of her.

  • Shameless Wayne came to a sudden halt as he gained the lower gate of the graveyard.

  • In the midst of syllables or words the voice is frequently "cut" by a sudden halt indicative of spasmodic closure of the glottis.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    coarse sieve; considerable town; face value; fair field; hour passed; loud roar; mint sauce; must recollect; never think; objective existence; one must; sudden change; sudden gust; sudden halt; sudden impulse; sudden onset; sudden rush; sudden spring; sudden thought; sudden turn; suddenly appeared; suddenly came; suddenly exclaimed; suddenly heard; suddenly said; think anything