Definition: 1. A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed. 2. Small area set off by walls for special use. 3. A booth where articles are displayed for sale.
Use 'stall' in a sentence:
1. A heifer bellowed in her stall.
2. He got up and stepped out of the stall, and just then he heard the sound of children's voices.
3. The majority of stalls charged a fair price.
4. Heini recovers in his stall after the operation.
5. He managed to stall off his creditor.
6. The engine stalled.
7. But cutting too deep, too fast will stall the recovery.
8. Another discovered a valuable diamond brooch covered in tar in a bathroom stall.
9. Mr. Yang was planning another tactic to stall by making everything complicated.
10. Don't stall.
11. More timely signs suggest that the Ameican economy could stall in this quarter.
12. Then, using his knee, he tested the stall doors.
13. Rows of stalls are given over to restaurants running off gas cylinders.
14. In the market, at the fish stall.
15. Get real. How long do you think we can stall them?
16. Horses were poking their heads over their stall doors.
17. No one wants this momentum to stall.
18. I stood by the stall of a seller of dates and waited.
19. Some parties have accused the governor of stalling.
20. She climbed out of a foot stall.
21. Are we going to sit in the circle or in the stalls?
22. Will progress stall?
23. Passing my stall, she cast black looks at the amount of stuff still unsold.
24. Of course all the stall will do their best to answer your questions, but now we're each going to specialise in certain areas.
25. My friend, who has a food stall in the caravanserai, is no exception and grins at me with an entire set of glinting gold.
26. The front stall seats are reserved for the guests.
27. I leaned against the stall and cried.
28. They walked past stalls selling huge sprays of crimson, saffron and cobalt flowers.
29. Even some foreigners have come to run a stall in silk alley ( a clothing market in beijing).
30. He was killed when his monoplane stalled and dived into the ground.
31. Shop manager Brian Steel stalled the man until the police arrived.
32. The engine would stall at any second.
33. Nonetheless, many of his regular customers have already visited his stall, seen the tuna, and placed their orders.
34. Negotiations remained stalled yesterday in New York.
35. The post is stalled fast in the ground.
36. There was a stall nearby the landlord's house.
37. The car stalled and refused to start again.
38. We bought some sugar from a stall at the fair.
39. 'What do you mean?' she asked, stalling for time.
40. He ekes out a living with a market stall.
41. Thomas had spent all week stalling over his decision.
42. Your foot falls off the pedal and you stall the car.
43. That was ill done, Hans, you should have led the calf, and put it in the stall.
44. They can stall you for a year. When you're trying to sell the house, they hire lawyers and sue you, and you've got to hire lawyers.
45. The owner of the stall, a large, thuggish man, grabbed Dai by the collar.
46. The owner of the stall, a large, thuggish man, grabbed Dave by the collar.
47. He sold boots on a market stall.
48. She went into the shower stall, turned on the water, and grabbed the soap.
49. The Social Democratic Party has vowed to try to stall the bill until the current session ends.
50. Hours of feverish activity lay ahead. The tents had to be erected, the stalls set up.
51. Discussions have once again stalled.
52. They are still stalling on the deal.
53. See if you can stall her while I finish searching her office.
54. He sold boots at a market stall.
55. I stalled the car three times during my driving test.
56. The engine stalled. He pressed the accelerator hard.
