Sentence examples for Is stayed from inspiring English sources
A30 Texas Execution Is Stayed The United States Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to Johnny Paul Penry, a mentally retarded man convicted of raping and murdering a young woman in 1979.
It is certainly true that Antisthenes preached a life of poverty: I have enough to eat till my hunger is stayed, to drink till my thirst is sated; to clothe myself as well; and out of doors not [even] Callias there, with all his riches, is more safe than I from shivering; and when I find myself indoors, what warmer shirting do I need than my bare walls?
(The holding in the Virginia case is stayed pending appeal).
There is no reason for that to slow down even though the rule is stayed".
The decision is stayed pending an appeal.John Dingell, who is 87 and America's longest-ever serving congressman, said that he would not seek re-election.
His Allegory of Peace is a deeply arresting picture, with its little girl looking out of the canvas as the savage hand of Mars is stayed.
