Sentence examples for halting about from inspiring English sources

Although their industry is facing its worst crisis in years, thousands of metalworkers in Brazil's industrial heartland downed tools on Wednesday, halting about one-third of the country's auto and truck production at plants belonging to Ford Motor, Volkswagen, DaimlerChrysler and Scania.

When the hand-counting was halted about 2 30 p.m., fewer than a dozen counties had completed their work.

All construction had halted by about 850, except for a brief period of reoccupation in the Early Postclassic (c. 900 – c. 1200).

The negotiations were halted about a month ago, the official said.

The procession came to a halt about 500 meters before the district center.

Sean's boots scrunched to a halt about 500 feet from the summit.

The order, issued June 29, halted about 75 experiments at the Tulsa center involving humans.

I hit the brakes hard and we screeched to a halt about 18 inches from the nose of a large dog.

Shares of Tenet fell 11 cents, to $13.05, on the New York Stock Exchange before trading was halted about 2 30 p.m. in advance of the announcement of the settlement.

The infant had suffered a cardiac or respiratory arrest, the department said, and the ambulance was halted about a half-block from the hospital, either by snow or a stuck vehicle.

If the trend that, since the 1970s, has led to striking increases in the proportion of Americans who are overweight or obese is not halted, about three of every four Americans will be overweight or obese by 2020.