Sentence examples for halt almost from inspiring English sources

The effect was to halt almost all new foreign investment in the industry for a decade.

Its leaders have also called on the Obama administration to halt almost all deportations while the legislation is being debated.

In my mind, I go back, too, to Khomeini's time, after the shah's fall, when fun began to stop and frivolity was called to a halt — almost.

Since a filibuster requires a bill to gain a 60-vote majority, a group of 41 senators can halt almost any piece of legislation.

(On Wednesday, some of the largest beverage distributors announced that they had agreed to halt almost all sales of sodas to public schools around the nation).

He spoke of a looming, postglobal economy in which transportation grinds to a halt, almost a literal return to the Dark Ages.

In addition, the fascist regime opposed emigration, and during World War II emigration halted almost completely.

The sentence, which provoked an international outcry, was halted almost two weeks ago.

His voice was typically hushed, seemingly unpracticed, halting almost to the point of being annoying.

The halting, almost stammering progression of laments, Ms. Previn later said, came from her own experience of relying on pills.

A season of celebration had halted, almost instantly, and there was no instruction book on how to handle that moment.