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Meanings of abrupt halt in English

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Usage of abrupt halt in English
1
At the gate of the enclosure he came to an abrupt halt.
Sir John Constantine / Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abr...
2
The mention of the fan had brought me to an abrupt halt.
Lady Larkspur
3
Like Wefers, the Master came to an abrupt halt in his harangue.
Further Adventures of Lad
4
With the most sickening suddenness the aircraft came to an abrupt halt.
The Emancipatrix
5
But that came to an abrupt halt in the last two weeks.
Reuters
6
Immediately the shotgun robberies in the Northwest came to an abrupt halt.
Homicide: a year on the killing streets
7
Elodin came to an abrupt halt in the middle of the hallway.
The Wise Man’s Fear
8
The stirring at his groin wrenched his thoughts to an abrupt halt.
The spurned viscountess
9
Bailey jerked to an abrupt halt in the center of the melee.
Midnight hero
10
The detective watched him narrowly as he came to an abrupt halt.
The Grell Mystery
11
Erskine Fanshawe came to an abrupt halt, faced Claire and cried impulsively-
The Independence of Claire
12
Not anticipating her abrupt halt, Miller was forced to retrace his footsteps.
I Spy
13
The research soon came to an abrupt halt, however, mostly for political reasons.
The Guardian
14
Yet three weeks later, the Yemen vaccination plan came to an abrupt halt.
Reuters
15
Two paces behind her, however, James came to an abrupt halt.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
16
Just then, however, the latter's tapping came to an abrupt halt.
Dark Universe
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Abrupt halt through the time
Abrupt halt across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common