Sentence examples for before being halted by from inspiring English sources
In July, the Shabaab, a group of violent Islamist guerrillas, advanced through the city to within a few hundred yards of Villa Somalia before being halted by AMISOM.
Cook, on the other hand, calculated a ship's speed with an hourglass and a knotted rope dropped in the water... Cook never found "terra australis," though he became the first navigator to enter the Antarctic Circle, sailing within a hundred miles of land before being halted by pack ice.
But it was the Scots who looked the more likely to add to their tally, especially when Greg Tonks drove through the Ospreys midfield before being halted by Rhys Webb.
Urban planning projects in the 1950s and 1960s involved widespread destruction and redevelopment of west-side neighborhoods and the construction of new freeways, of which only a series of short segments were built before being halted by citizen-led opposition.
C Company advanced about half of the way into The Pocket before being halted by Lieutenant Colonel Norman who was concerned that they might be accidentally attacked by D Company, which was also making good progress.
The highways are mostly barren, but you never get far before being halted by a police roadblock, asked for documentation, and having your vehicle circled by an officious often very young officer checking that all is "in order".
Before being halted, they closed Friday at $8.35.
Nikos Dabizas headed a fraction wide, before Carl Cort was halted by a critically timed intervention by Igors Stepanovs.
Mr. Brodsky's offer prompted a flurry of trading, and the price of the stock rose to $1.30 before trading was halted by Nasdaq.
Nike president and chief executive Mark Parker derided Trump's executive order before it was halted by a federal judge.
