They tried to halt, but those behind pushed them forward.

That was why he began his gunfire when you tried to halt him.

They take action and try to halt man's progress into space with extreme force.

He might as well have tried to halt a bull.

Sam held up her hand, trying to halt the flow of information.

We used magic of every sort to try to halt the Order's advance.

Despite being in the press of the enemy crowd, no one tried to halt him.

The dead were restless and trying to halt his advance.

She tried to halt her movement as unease gave way to fear.

It was like trying to halt the movement of a glacier.