screech to a halt/stop

phrase

: to make a loud and very high sound when stopping

The car screeched to a halt/stop.

Examples of screech to a halt/stop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The strike saw production on film and television shows screech to a halt and the 2023 Emmys moved to January 2024. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023

In one maddening sequence after another, people have conversations or experiences that screech to a halt before getting anywhere. — Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023

But movie theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc is still millions in debt and the ongoing strike by Hollywood actors and writers has caused film production to screech to a halt. — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 27 Aug. 2023

And should a Republican win the presidency in 2024, the process would likely screech to a halt. — Time, 3 Aug. 2023

Still, the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike, and the likelihood of a similar actors’ strike, mean production could screech to a halt. — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 30 June 2023

But the good times permanently screech to a halt when armed DEA agents circle the house, sending Peggy and her family scrambling to toss or hide the piles of drugs and money stashed around the house. — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023

Shipments of vital food, agriculture and energy products in and out of the Dallas-Fort Worth area could screech to a halt Friday morning with angry railroad employees threatening a strike that could upend the nation’s already fragile supply chain. — Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2022

Those who don't screech to a halt in time are immediately gunned down. — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 30 Dec. 2021