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
  • But that doesn’t mean life has to come to a screeching halt.
    Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 24 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • In any case, the great Florida land rush came to a screeching halt in 1926.
    Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • But his career came to a screeching halt later that year.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
  • When the lockdown was declared in March, his car rental business came to a screeching halt.
    Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The Juan Soto sweepstakes came to a screeching halt late Sunday night.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Just like that, the first trade war of the second Trump administration came to a screeching halt.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2025
  • 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 a few weeks later, his business, and those of all its competitors, came to a screeching halt.
    Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
  • But Tucker’s life in the fast lane — complete with luxury homes, a Lear jet, and a fleet of Ferraris and Porsches — came to a screeching halt.
    Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 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
  • The psychedelic party came to a screeching halt in the early ’70s.
    Milan Kordestani, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
  • In both games, the Rockets defended well, but in both contests, their offense came to a screeching halt.
    Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • 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 network of services for mothers and children that Brown had spent more than a decade building was coming to a screeching halt.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • And then everything came to a screeching halt and life intervened.
    Andrew Goldman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
  • However, the feel-good season came to a screeching halt during a five-game losing streak.
    Mike Defabo, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • When the 2020 pandemic brought the restaurant industry to a screeching halt, Hart and his team pivoted hard.
    Xandra Harbet, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025

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