1.   He is extremely serious, speaks slowly-almost grinding to a complete halt at times-and is not exactly the happy optimist.

2.   Wendy had slowed down, almost to a complete halt.

3.   Armitage persuaded Musharraf to carry out his pledges of a complete halt to the infiltration of men and arms into the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir.

4.   Because it did, the game is coming to a complete halt.

5.   Boeing has downsized itself to a complete halt.

6.   According to administration officials, in the past few months North Korea did offer a complete halt to exports of missiles and related technologies.

7.   For no apparent reason, he pulled to a complete halt and would not move.

8.   In addition, the peaceful transfer of administrative authority over some rebel-held territories that had begun in May has come to a complete halt.

9.   Shortly after the two-thirds point, the movie comes to a complete halt.

10.   The Israeli leader has insisted that no talks take place until there is a complete halt to the violence.