grind to a halt
idiom
of a machine
: to stop working or moving forward
The machinery slowly ground to a halt.
—often used figurativelyWithout more money, work on the project will soon grind to a halt.
Examples of grind to a halt in a Sentence
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Hollywood has also ground to a halt over the issue.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 15 Apr. 2024
The livelihoods of thousands of workers who process goods passing through the Port of Baltimore hang in the balance as cargo shipments grind to a halt after a container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge this week.
—Julia Jester, NBC News, 30 Mar. 2024
What should be a straightforward day of music grinds to a halt as the artists struggle to deal with personality clashes, an ambitious trumpeter named Levee (Boseman), and the band's mercurial front woman.
—EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
The amount of goods entering Gaza has dropped by over 70 percent since the start of the war, and food production inside Gaza has ground to a halt.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
Traffic on city roads will grind to a halt if too many residents rely on driving to get around, so city officials say mass transit must be part of any long-term solution.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
For decades, the United States has backed an Israeli-Palestinian peace process that was largely stalled following some initial achievements in the 1990s, including the signing of the Oslo Accords, and now has ground to a halt amid the war in the Gaza Strip.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2024
Dak Prescott has been on fire, and there’s no reason to think that will grind to a halt at Carolina.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
Save for a last-minute spending deal in Congress on Oct. 1, 2023, hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be furloughed and the business of government will grind to a halt.
—Garret Martin, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 15 Apr. 2024
The livelihoods of thousands of workers who process goods passing through the Port of Baltimore hang in the balance as cargo shipments grind to a halt after a container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge this week.
—Julia Jester, NBC News, 30 Mar. 2024
What should be a straightforward day of music grinds to a halt as the artists struggle to deal with personality clashes, an ambitious trumpeter named Levee (Boseman), and the band's mercurial front woman.
—EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
The amount of goods entering Gaza has dropped by over 70 percent since the start of the war, and food production inside Gaza has ground to a halt.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
Traffic on city roads will grind to a halt if too many residents rely on driving to get around, so city officials say mass transit must be part of any long-term solution.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
For decades, the United States has backed an Israeli-Palestinian peace process that was largely stalled following some initial achievements in the 1990s, including the signing of the Oslo Accords, and now has ground to a halt amid the war in the Gaza Strip.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2024
Dak Prescott has been on fire, and there’s no reason to think that will grind to a halt at Carolina.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
Save for a last-minute spending deal in Congress on Oct. 1, 2023, hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be furloughed and the business of government will grind to a halt.
—Garret Martin, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023
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