How to Use stagnant in a Sentence

stagnant

adjective

• The starting unit was stagnant and was outscored 17-4 to open the game.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• The air was stagnant with the lingering, acrid smell of smoke, rot, and death.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• For much of the past year, the British economy has been stagnant.
  — Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• The Suns look to improve on that in Game 2 as the offense was stagnant at times in Game 1.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
• Grant was brought here to improve the stagnant return game of the Browns.
  — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022
• The lot was north of downtown, and its office had the stagnant air of a toolshed.
  — Dan Hernandez, Longreads, 28 Feb. 2023
• And running back Tyler Badie may be the answer to the team’s stagnant run game.
  — Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024
• The offense was stagnant and scored more than 30 points just twice.
  — Joe Eachus, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
• Seth Henson’s 35-yard field goal capped the opening drive of the game to give Male a 3-0 lead, but the offense was stagnant for much of the night.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2023
• That stagnant pattern led to a very warm month in July.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
• To a Gem, the worst thing a relationship can be is stagnant.
  — Women's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
• When the weather gets hot and stagnant, the folks who live on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay go on high alert.
  — David Rainer Alabama Department Of Conservation and Natural Resources, al, 10 Aug. 2023
• But then Bernard is back again, still a stagnant tortoise.
  — Alice Burton, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2024
• During dry weather, the creek stops flowing to the ocean, grows stagnant and fills with trash.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
• Soaring prices and years of stagnant wages are the backdrop to this year's disputes.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022
• Sad to say, rock music has been in a pretty stagnant place for the past couple of decades.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
• The film, which is entirely in German, has long, stagnant shots that would put him to sleep.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• While many states saw their threshold rise over the past year, New York was stagnant compared with 2022.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 July 2023
• Wires hung from ceilings; puddles stood stagnant on the ground.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023
• Teachers are quitting in droves over stagnant salaries and burnout.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
• The Dallas offense was stagnant for much of the first two periods.
  — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2023
• Salaries are still stagnant and there's still ongoing conflicts in the world.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024
• From singing and rapping to hosting and business, Carter shows the girls how to get to the bag and never become stagnant.
  — D'shonda Brown, Essence, 1 Nov. 2022
• Billups said both did a good job of helping the offense become less stagnant late in the game by making smart plays with the ball.
  — oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2022
• The film saw Davidson as Scott, a young man who has remained stagnant in life since the death of his firefighter dad.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
• But if the atmosphere is feeling a bit too stagnant… well, then!
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 18 Sep. 2024
• The response to Landry’s online query and the stagnant nature of what was going on around her inspired her to act.
  — Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• Wages are stagnant or falling for a large part of the population.
  — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
• The dancers are pushing for health benefits and higher wages, alleging that their pay has been stagnant for more than a decade.
  — James Factora, Them, 9 Oct. 2024
• This call for investment comes as the Labour government is getting ready to unveil its budget plan in October, while dealing with a stagnant economy.
  — Jacqueline Corba, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024