: marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness
spoke in a halting manner
Examples of halting in a Sentence
She answered in a halting voice.
The baby took a few halting steps.
Progress in the negotiations has been halting.
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If Max goes down because an update is buggy, servers break, or someone launches a cyberattack, the app could be offline for some period—in this case, potentially halting millions of bank payments, messages, and identity-verification attempts through the app.
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Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
As the halting demonstration of towel folding during TIME’s August visit showed, the challenges remain very real.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Yet my interviews revealed women played vital roles — saving lives, resisting violence and halting militias.
—Christopher P. Davey, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
According to a memo obtained by the Associated Press, operations at select Superfund cleanup sites will also continue, particularly where halting work could pose a risk to human life.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
As the halting demonstration of towel folding during TIME’s August visit showed, the challenges remain very real.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Yet my interviews revealed women played vital roles — saving lives, resisting violence and halting militias.
—Christopher P. Davey, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
According to a memo obtained by the Associated Press, operations at select Superfund cleanup sites will also continue, particularly where halting work could pose a risk to human life.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for halting
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“Halting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halting. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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halting
adjective
halt·ing
ˈhȯl-tiŋ 
: being unsure or hesitant
spoke in a halting manner
haltingly
adverb
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