1.   One accident can bring the whole road system to a grinding halt.

2.   A car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the petrol tank.

3.   The saucer drops between the towers, flies low over strangely deserted streets and comes suddenly to a grinding halt.

4.   She dug in her heels and came to a grinding halt.

5.   And then, quite literally, it all came to a grinding halt.

6.   But it was clear Tuesday that the grinding halt to talks on the budget and other issues was only partly a result of problems with the hospital plan.

7.   But these days the dramatic spectacle of one senator using the right of unlimited debate to bring the institution to a grinding halt has mostly disappeared.

8.   But we cannot allow the filibuster to bring Congress to a grinding halt.

9.   Conservatives brought the House to a grinding halt by offering endless amendments to an agriculture bill.