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Grammar : Verb
Spell : hawlt
Phonetic Transcription : hɔlt



Definition of halted

Origin :
  • "a stop, a halting," 1590s, from French halte (16c.) or Italian alto, ultimately from German Halt, imperative from Old High German halten "to hold" (see hold (v.)). A German military command borrowed into the Romanic languages 16c. The verb in this sense is from 1650s, from the noun. Related: Halted; halting.
  • verb stop, cause to stop
  • verb hesitate, stutter
Example sentences :
  • He turned his eyes and looked down the guns of the two men who had halted.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The girl, who had halted when the officer halted, as a matter of course, did not look up.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The next morning we halted in a wood, the weather being warm and pleasant.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • He then bade me carry the goose into the ranks, and to come to him when we halted at night.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • At last they halted before it, to be followed by a gentle knock.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • They halted, mechanically and abruptly; every eye was turned to the beloved scene.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • As the wires snapped into place, she halted and looked back at him.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • The baron, with some of his retainers and all the foresters, halted at daybreak in Sherwood forest.
  • Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • But it had halted just beyond the niche, not coming out very far.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • For a moment he did find himself alone, and thereupon he halted to listen.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

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