Brings to a standstill

Usage examples of halts.

She was panting, dizzy from the pace he had set, the sudden halts, the fear of every blind corner.

This done he took me by the hand, leading me very slowly, with much feeling about and frequent halts to assure himself that he did not stray into wrong passageways.

They made no more halts than were required to rest their horses and, travelling principally at night, they reached La Rochelle without having encountered any body of the enemy.

Damra pushed them mercilessly, permitting only the briefest halts for rest and to try to hear what was going on behind them.

He was stiff and cold when the coach decanted its passengers at the depot in Sydney, having covered the 140-mile journey in sixteen hours, with brief halts at changing stations to hitch up fresh teams of horses and enable the passengers to stretch their legs and refresh themselves.