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halting::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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uttered a few halting words of sorrow.
Examples of halting
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Their rally began with halting steps, but they began to draw near in the fourth.
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Mr Mbeki represents them through the African Union, but his progress is halting.
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More than a week ago, the bank said it was halting foreclosure sales nationwide.
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Suppose someone claims that program PHSR is a partial halting solver recognizer.
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The first day, Kevontae was clearly struggling, reading words in a halting voice.
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In the meantime, the Libyan military is halting operations in Misrata, Kaim said.
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The binmen will come when the council run out of excuses for halting collections.
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Bush would set a national goal of halting the growth of greenhouse gases by 2025.
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Building coastal fortifications may be cheaper than halting the release of CO2.
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- Crippled: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
- Fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few halting words of sorrow"
- (haltingly) in a halting manner; "he spoke haltingly"
- (halt) cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
- (halt) arrest: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
- (halt) stop: come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
- (Halt (railway)) A train station (commonly station,'Station' is however commonly understood to mean 'railway station' or 'train station' unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g. Fowler H W and Fowler F G, The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 9th ed. ...
- Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken
- (halt) A cessation, either temporary or permanent; A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom; to stop either temporarily or permanently; to cause something to stop; to waver or be hesitant; Lame, limping
