How to Use screeching in a Sentence

screeching

adjective

• And when guys get on base, the game comes to a screeching halt.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
• But in March 2020, all that work came to a screeching halt.
  — Evelyn McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2021
• The good times came to a screeching halt in early 2019.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Nov. 2021
• The storm forced New York City to a screeching halt on Monday.
  — CBS News, 2 Feb. 2021
• But all that excitement came to a screeching halt on the first play of the game.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 21 Aug. 2021
• First of all, for the last year, all business just came down to a screeching halt.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 17 Mar. 2021
• The run came to a screeching halt in Week 4 against the Oregon Ducks as the Buffaloes were blown off the field.
  — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• All that came to a screeching halt with the arrival of email at the end of the 20th century.
  — National Geographic, 18 May 2020
• The camera went on to record the screeching sound of an engine along with fire and smoke.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2023
• Schlegel made a key block at the top of the box to deflect a screeching long-range shot off frame and out of bounds.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• Then everything came to a screeching halt, and the past seems a dream.
  — Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2021
• Now that jobs boom has come to a screeching halt, and not before time.
  — Chris Bryant | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
• Cross-border spread of the disease brought the busiest land border in the world to a screeching halt.
  — Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2020
• In those 15 minutes, my world came to a screeching halt.
  — Lindsey Vehlewald, SELF, 9 Nov. 2018
• Then, a year later, there was a screeching halt to the spending.
  — Sally Singer, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2018
• Then the pandemic hit, and so much of what Noah had built came to a screeching halt.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2022
• That sharp pain in the side has the potential to bring any workout to a screeching halt.
  — Ali Nolan, SELF, 6 Dec. 2021
• A year ago this week, the travel industry came to a screeching halt, in Ohio and across the globe.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2021
• Four months later, their dreams came to a screeching halt.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 1 Feb. 2021
• The president said red tape has come to a screeching halt.
  — CBS News, 14 Dec. 2017
• The screeching sound seemed to startle the coyote, and O’Connell and Maude hurried into the street.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
• And everything comes to a screeching halt while that sinks in (laughs).
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2021
• But all of that came to a screeching halt with the diagnosis.
  — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2019
• But what happens when that full-speed-ahead pace hits a screeching halt?
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Nov. 2020
• The champagne buzz had barely worn off when Covid-19 brought the party to a screeching halt.
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2021
• If nothing else, North Korea's threat has brought the feel-good vibe to a screeching halt.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 17 May 2018
• All that came to a screeching halt at the beginning of lockdown.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2021
• Look out for it next time a Formula 1 race comes to a screeching halt.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 23 June 2021
• This is just the first domino to fall in their plan to use the rolodex to topple the patriarchy, but the good times come to a screeching halt when Evelyn storms in, furious that Linda destroyed the rolodex.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
• The actual case against Trump came to a screeching halt months ago as McAfee held a lurid trial within a trial over the conflict of interest claims.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024

Last Updated: 21 Oct 2024