Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Hesitant or wavering.
- adjective Imperfect; defective.
- adjective Limping; lame.
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- adjective prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant;
broken - verb Present participle of
halt .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective disabled in the feet or legs
- adjective fragmentary or halting from emotional strain
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Examples
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But he doesn't see the wisdom in halting sales of long-foreclosed homes, which are piling up in this county of 600,000 faster than almost anywhere else in the country.
Florida community feels ripple effects as paperwork issues stall foreclosures Brady Dennis 2010
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The committee succeeded in halting the elections to replace Karam following lawsuits by journalists who were booted out of the union and had charged the LJU council with nepotism, cronyism and illegalities.
Magda Abu-Fadil: Tug of War Over Lebanese Journalists Union Leadership Magda Abu-Fadil 2010
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This means that the vaccine would have had a chance to be effective in halting the very worst of the second wave.
How dim is Sir Liam Donaldson ? Norfolk Blogger 2009
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But he doesn't see the wisdom in halting sales of long-foreclosed homes, which are piling up in this county of 600,000 faster than almost anywhere else in the country.
Florida community feels ripple effects as paperwork issues stall foreclosures Brady Dennis 2010
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But he doesn't see the wisdom in halting sales of long-foreclosed homes, which are piling up in this county of 600,000 faster than almost anywhere else in the country.
The echo of empty homes Brady Dennis 2010
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This means that the vaccine would have had a chance to be effective in halting the very worst of the second wave.
Archive 2009-09-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009
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Anyone who believed in halting the spread of corruption and extremism has lost.
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Anyone who believed in halting the spread of corruption and extremism has lost.
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Frona cried, her tongue halting from the disuse of years.
CHAPTER 2 2010
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But he doesn't see the wisdom in halting sales of long-foreclosed homes, which are piling up in this county of 600,000 faster than almost anywhere else in the country.
Florida community feels ripple effects as paperwork issues stall foreclosures Brady Dennis 2010
GHibbs commented on the word halting
My adjectival use: 'His halting speech was evidence of his stroke.'
August 22, 2011