Adjective : a halting gait. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : They halted for lunch and strolled about. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : They halted operations during contract negotiations. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : the halt and the blind. From Dictionary.com.
All the family is here, Pindiur said in halting English. From Wordnik.com. [Humanitarian grounds : Law is Cool] Reference
Frona cried, her tongue halting from the disuse of years. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER 2] Reference
I took pictures of the cityscape, while José chatted in halting English. From Wordnik.com. [Be careful, Miss Geri: climbing the bell towers in San Luis Potosi] Reference
Anyone who believed in halting the spread of corruption and extremism has lost. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 5, 2010] Reference
A nice face – and charming the way he bent forward and said in halting French: Do. From Wordnik.com. [Bliss, and Other Stories] Reference
The report said US leadership was crucial in halting the spread of nuclear weapons. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bolton: ‘This is Put Up or Shut Up Time For Iran,’ Unilateral Military Action Is ‘On The Table’] Reference
And so kneeling, she told Froggy in short, halting sentences of the sudden splendour that had glorified her life. From Wordnik.com. [The Swindler and Other Stories] Reference
This means that the vaccine would have had a chance to be effective in halting the very worst of the second wave. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
He's studying to be a diplomat, he tells us in halting, broken English that does not reflect well on his schooling. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Park City Dispatch. 11.] Reference
Staring straight into our eyes, he declared in halting English, “You want to know volcano, not just look at it.”. From Wordnik.com. [Fury Jungle | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
“Forgive me, my lords, my lady,” she spoke in halting Ispaniola, “I did not mean to speak my thoughts out loud.”. From Wordnik.com. [II. A Challenge and A Wager] Reference
To the best of my ability I answered in halting Janovian that I indeed loved kids and expected to have a few myself some day. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2006 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Strictly speaking, our belief in such a witness cannot be called a halting faith. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
HorsesAss has something to say about John McCain's so-called halting of campaign activities. From Wordnik.com. [Seattlest] Reference
Did they seem, the Iranians, in that meeting, open at all to the idea of halting uranium enrichment?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2006] Reference
Him we enlisted at Para, on the recommendation of the steamship company, on whose vessels he had learned to speak a halting English. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost World] Reference
Later in the day we went to their camp, as they always call their halting-place; here we found several children and two men of the family. From Wordnik.com. [Rural Hours] Reference
I've had less bradykinesia, which is the shuffling and the kind of halting movement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2009] Reference
Christopher's halting, diffident personal style didn't help. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese 'Face' Time] Reference
The plan made no mention of halting attacks in the West Bank. From Wordnik.com. [A CHANGE OF DIRECTION] Reference
But even if Musharraf is sincere about halting incursions, can he enforce his will?. From Wordnik.com. [A Secret Army's Vow] Reference
The House prosecutors quit in angry protest, halting the trial and stoking the opposition. From Wordnik.com. [PEOPLE POWER II] Reference
This movement will continue to be halting and episodic, and vulnerable to political pressures. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Bloomberg] Reference
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