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screeching halt
noun as in full stop
Weak matches
noun as in halt
Weak matches
noun as in stop
Example Sentences
The progress Whitmire and the committee was making came to a screeching halt when George W. Bush became governor in 1995.
When people and goods can't move because of a degraded transportation infrastructure, business comes to a screeching halt.
But it all came to a screeching halt with the crash of 2008.
Hearing Halted: The “Outrageous” Incident A punch, a jump and a pile of shaving cream brought the testimony to a screeching halt.
She would come in pretty fast, and come to a screeching halt in the driveway and that was always kind of a joke.
Jed fired all twenty rounds into the exact same hole and the range firing came to a screeching halt.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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