1.   As all the alarming possibilities ran through her head, she gave a loud gulp and came to an abrupt halt.

2.   As Jamie spoke, the train came to an abrupt halt, nearly throwing us all on the floor.

3.   But she suffered a setback when a bout of glandular fever looked like bringing her season to an abrupt halt.

4.   His career came to an abrupt halt when he was seriously injured in a road accident.

5.   Nutty arrived on time, thudding out of the dusk and pulling to an abrupt halt.

6.   She rushed after him, almost bumping into him as he came to an abrupt halt in the kitchen doorway.

7.   The bus came to an abrupt halt.

8.   The chase came to an abrupt halt when nine Mexicali police cars stopped the Jetta and its occupants.

9.   We come to an abrupt halt.

10.   And then there is the more common form of culture shock, the kind that can bring an abrupt halt to a traditional way of doing business.