Sentence examples for halts like a from inspiring English sources

But if you insist on details and are given to using words like downforce and stoichiometry, be assured that the 2010 edition of the Z4 is plenty fast and halts like a drill instructor.

The rickshaw stopped and started, swerved, sped up, and abruptly halted, like a bumper-car ride.

I had also quite literally ground to a halt, like a machine that had hit a glitch and frozen on the spot.

The operator of a runaway vehicle is apparently expected to steer his car into this soft and receptive lane and come to a halt like a baseball player sliding into third.

The Trump hysteria is sputtering to a halt like a dying battery as Trump Trumps himself in his demonstration of just how emotionally out of control he is.

To gain popularity domestically, Mr. Abbas is trying to secure tangible gains from Israel, like a halt to its military operations.

The kneejerk response of Turkey's leaders to the country's latest terrorist atrocity – Sunday's suicide bombing in Ankara that killed 37 people and injured more than 100 – suggests that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's strongman president, and his neo-Islamist party are fresh out of ideas about how to halt what looks increasingly like a slide into chaos.

Hit the stop button and it screams to a halt, hovering like a miniature jump-jet, ready for neat, precise manoeuvres and landings.

Suddenly, the music came to a halt like they made a mistake.

The UFC won't be able to halt scoops like a McGregor-Diaz fight from slipping out.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday ruled out political negotiations with the Palestinians for now, saying their leaders had repeatedly failed to halt attacks like a double suicide bombing a day earlier.