How to Use stall in a Sentence

stall

1 of 2 verb
  • Josh Reynolds had two key drops on third and fourth down to stall drives.
    Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The unforeseen mishap has now stalled the rest of her life.
    Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The drive stalled and the Rams settled for Brett Maher’s 38-yard field goal.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2023
  • That's a reprise of a standalone Tate bill that appears to be stalled, at least for now, in the House.
    Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
  • However, the report notes that progress in the U.S. has stalled.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The concern is that maybe things start to stall out on the inflation side.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • In 2023, home prices across the state finally stalled out.
    Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 26 May 2023
  • But in early 2024, a US aid package for Ukraine stalled.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
  • But No Labels’s drive to get a slot on the ballot in all 50 states appears to have stalled at 12.
    Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But as the Lakers’ offense stalled — one of the worst in the league will do that from time to time — Memphis got hot and stayed hot.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The snowmobile seems to stall as the person recording turns his head to face it.
    Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2024
  • But some people who use the video service say the video often lags, stalls out or is grainy.
    Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Knack, whose career was in danger of stalling after a poor 2022, was briefly on their taxi squad prior to the break.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • Esquire published two more chapters of Answered Prayers in 1976, but the project soon stalled.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The motor on the roughly 14-foot aluminum boat stalled and the boat became caught in a log jam and flipped, said Tim DeSpain, a spokesman for the troopers.
    Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Russia’s war in Ukraine has stalled over the past year, with neither side making any huge gains along the hundreds-of-miles-long front line.
    Samuel Granados, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Purdy hit a wide-open Deebo Samuel for a 26-yard gain on the second play of the drive, but missed throws later in the possession to stall the drive.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • If the economy stalls, those struggling with higher living costs could pay the price.
    Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024
  • Negotiations stalled and the town is paying an increasing amount to the tribe every month to the keep the roads open.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Similar bills have been passed in prior sessions of Congress in the House, only to stall in the Senate.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The club enters this weekend languishing in fifth place in the Bundesliga, its form patchy, its progress stalled.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • The shift led to a monthslong back and forth between the House and Senate that effectively stalled the funding process.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Many had approached Morvan about telling his story, with several biopic projects stalling over the past 15 years.
    Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Forecast in detail High pressure stalled over New England keeps cool, moist air coming into the area for the next few days.
    Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The work on a demolition crew was strenuous and dirty, and Chapa, a father of two, said his pay stalled at $26 an hour.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • Most steps in the process are stalled or inactive, and the reforms experts said were most important haven’t happened.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • So while most of her neighbors had urged her to flee her home near the harbor hours earlier when they were told to evacuate, Hayashi stalled.
    Christine Mai-Duc, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Still, there are fears that workforce shortages could stall the rollout of the infrastructure law in Arizona.
    Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
  • That effort stalled again on Wednesday, when Rep. Jim Jordan fell short of the votes needed to capture the speaker's gavel for the second time.
    Stefan Becket, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Prior to the vote, Hahn had expressed disappointment with efforts to stall SB 43.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
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stall

2 of 2 noun
  • On the back wall of the last stall in the bathroom at the bazaar.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The hall’s restaurants and food stalls will have kid-friendly items on the menu.
    Norma Cavazos, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Those worries have caused a stall for the strong rally by Wall Street to start the year.
    Stan Choe, ajc, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Many of the horses at Del Mar are housed in stalls in the barns behind the backstretch.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • But the crowds remain, as do the guitarists, craft stalls and psychics.
    Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The home was fully fenced and included a barn with two stalls.
    Robyn A. Friedman, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
  • In the meantime, people sleep in trucks, against horse stalls and under tarps.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The result is a stall that looks plucked from Tampopo and planted on the Bowery.
    Abe Beame, Essence, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Your shower stall can be too short or too tall to pair with a rain shower.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Could still have a chance of a few showers and storms depending on how close by the front stalls out.
    Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • Used shirts and trousers sell for 3 euros, or about $3, at market stalls.
    Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • One points you to the open stalls; the other one’s wiping everything down.
    Kelsie Schrader, Curbed, 7 Sep. 2023
  • If the effort to grow the fleet stalls, that could send the wrong signal to the rest of the world—particularly China.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2023
  • The pièce de résistance is the Eat Your Heart Out food hall with 11 mini-restaurants, stalls, and bars.
    David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
  • For months, Shank had a mock-up of a toilet stall in his office as designs were tweaked for the $55 million project.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • Some of the Mar Vista food stalls are now open, others have yet to debut, and nearly all will be adding menu items in the future.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • In a social media post, Eugenio said the restaurant will close its stall at the end of May.
    Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2023
  • Plus blocks of book vendors and book stalls, all presented by the Near South Planning Board.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The video opens with a makeup-less Raye walking into a restroom and locking herself in a stall to cry on the floor.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Dee put the champion's daughter in a stall next to a calm, easygoing horse named, Catch This T.
    The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And then there’s the signature zero-G stall right after that.
    Mekado Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
  • Meghan appeared to stop at a stall selling honey and tried out some samples.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • The park's bathroom stalls do not have doors to prevent drug users and squatters, according to the filing.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Their high performance came with high stall and landing speeds.
    Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2023
  • In worst cases, ice can cause planes to go into an aerodynamic stall and fall from the sky.
    David Koenig, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • It’s held every Wednesday and Friday with over 500 stalls.
    Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In the connecting en suite are separate his-and-hers glassed-in shower stalls.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Customers walk past a fruit stall at a street market in Mexico City.
    Anthony Harrup, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Remove your shoes, don the poncho and enter a stall along with eight other fun-seekers.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • There are additional horse and livestock stalls and pastures on the land.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 23 Apr. 2024

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