Halts
[hɔ:lts]
Examples
- My art halts at the threshold of Hypochondria: she just looks in and sees a chamber of torture, but can neither say nor do much. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They were compelled to make several long halts, and once or twice to return on their road to resume the direction which they wished to pursue. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And how should my poor valour succeed, Sir Jester, when thy light wit halts? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Not only are the facts inhumanly complicated, but the natural ideals of people are so varied and contradictory that action halts in despair. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Checker: Lorrie