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

Advertisement

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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024