He turned to face them, holding out a hand to halt their advance.

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

The American advance was halted and the men went to ground, finding whatever cover they could.

He would probably have halted the advance and ordered me up the front.

He pushed his way between two of them to see what had halted their advance, and then stopped.

Charles finally halted his advance and turned back on 11 September.

The dead were restless and trying to halt his advance.

The wave had seemed to slow, and then halt its advance.

Their advance was finally halted well short of its objective.

After third had been on point for fifty minutes, the advance was halted.