How to Use screeching in a Sentence

screeching

adjective

• Then that game came to a screeching halt.
  — Mike Sando, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
• Then, their plans came to a screeching halt.
  — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
• And when guys get on base, the game comes to a screeching halt.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
• Orozco said things came to a screeching halt.
  — Adam Duxter, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
• Now that jobs boom has come to a screeching halt, and not before time.
  — Chris Bryant | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
• But what happens when that full-speed-ahead pace hits a screeching halt?
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Nov. 2020
• First of all, for the last year, all business just came down to a screeching halt.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 17 Mar. 2021
• Then everything came to a screeching halt, and the past seems a dream.
  — Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2021
• Then, a year later, there was a screeching halt to the spending.
  — Sally Singer, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2018
• But all that excitement came to a screeching halt on the first play of the game.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 21 Aug. 2021
• And everything comes to a screeching halt while that sinks in (laughs).
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2021
• When red carpets and photo shoots came to a screeching halt, her styling gigs ceased.
  — Sara Holzman, Marie Claire, 16 Aug. 2021
• The camera went on to record the screeching sound of an engine along with fire and smoke.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2023
• That gig, however, would come to a screeching halt.
  — Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
• But all of that came to a screeching halt with the diagnosis.
  — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2019
• And everything just kind of came to a screeching halt for a moment there.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 22 June 2020
• All that came to a screeching halt at the beginning of lockdown.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2021
• Schlegel made a key block at the top of the box to deflect a screeching long-range shot off frame and out of bounds.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• That sharp pain in the side has the potential to bring any workout to a screeching halt.
  — Ali Nolan, SELF, 6 Dec. 2021
• The first half of the season built up a lot of momentum and then came to a screeching halt.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• But then the seizures started, and everything came to a screeching halt.
  — Health.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Cross-border spread of the disease brought the busiest land border in the world to a screeching halt.
  — Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2020
• Look out for it next time a Formula 1 race comes to a screeching halt.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 23 June 2021
• The next night, a federal judge’s ruling brought the entry ban to a screeching halt.
  — Wesley Lowery, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2018
• All that came to a screeching halt with the arrival of email at the end of the 20th century.
  — National Geographic, 18 May 2020
• This ground the project to a screeching halt, according to Vostrejs.
  — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
• But that was before Covid-19 brought global tourism to a screeching halt.
  — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• In testing, the ominous backbeat drove the track, while the screeching riffs and vocals stood against it.
  — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
• If nothing else, North Korea's threat has brought the feel-good vibe to a screeching halt.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 17 May 2018