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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sort of stale" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that feels old, unoriginal, or lacking freshness, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The movie was entertaining, but the plot felt a sort of stale, as it followed the same formula as many others."
Alternatives: "somewhat outdated" or "kind of worn-out".
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Now, we have a sort of stale situation where women are undervalued for a quality deemed passé: their fertility.
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It's easy to see how one would think an Apple HDTV would start a revolution because, well, the whole TV market is sort of stale.
Obama ran plenty of negative ads in 2008, but he won because he rejected the sort of stale campaigning everyone is disgusted by.
Or: have you ever just smelled sort of stale water?
Do you: (a) Point to Taylor's oeuvre as a foundational text of an emerging fourth-wave feminism that, with its searing honesty and ability to rattle a stale patriarchy, calls to mind a sort of latter-day Bella Abzug, and which the Department of Education, if they want be on the right side of history, might consider including in the public-school curriculum.
Rummaging through my carry-on bag, his co-worker fished out a paper sack containing two fresh cookies that I had bought at the airport as a guard against the sort of stale-croissant "meal" that Continental had served me on my incoming flight.
"A sort of dream.
"A sort of blank".
A sort of aspic.
A sort of monster.
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