Sentence examples for halt for a while from inspiring English sources

This is somewhere to halt for a while.

The good times here came to a halt for a while when the elderly owner Armando passed away in 2012.

That put a halt, for a while, to talk of putting another blowout preventer or other tight-sealing cap on the well, out of concern that a buildup of pressure could further damage the well.

This isn't to suggest perfection: the narrative momentum grinds to a halt for a while following Nicole's arrival in Tel Aviv, during an extended meditation on Kafka that veers dangerously close to an academic essay.

Traffic was halted for a while, but Makhele said the highway was reopened after the plane was moved to the side of the road.

Shares were halted for a while yesterday afternoon.

But the GNC has been stormed on several occasions for reasons varying from calls for the adoption of the political isolation law to the botched medical treatment programme for veterans, which was halted for a while because of corruption.

When resistance was met, injection was halted for a while, and then continued.

Wedding planning came to a halt for a little while but picked back up a couple months after the funeral.

A rise in the curve can occur in the middle of a contract too, owing to a substantial interruption (such as that caused by introducing changes in a model, by moving operations to a new building, or by halting operations for a while so that forgetting occurs).

World War I halted - for a while at least - any sporting fellow-feeling between Britain and Germany, though there were poignant stories of soldiers playing football in no-man's land during Christmas truces on the Western Front.