Sentence examples for attempt to stall from inspiring English sources

Some analysts suspect such delays are an attempt to stall the process.

But this would have been a blatant attempt to stall and Republicans would have skewered him for it.

Given the duplicitous record of the regime, its recent promises to do better can only be seen as an attempt to stall for time.

Dominic Raab, the former minister and Tory MP, said any attempt to stall the triggering of Brexit could increase the chances of an early general election.

In a vain attempt to stall the tide of endless chitchat streaming from Emma's mouth, Charlie defiantly explains what brought him to such a ghastly pass: "I killed six people," he announces.

Together with Lord Callaghan, he tabled more than 30 separate amendments to the bill that led to the privatisation of the railways in the Railways Act 1993, in an attempt to stall it.

Markey also accused it of attempting to stall the investigation by withholding thousands of documents from the FTC.

Fahmy's announcement may assuage concerns that the new army-installed government that replaced Morsi's is attempting to stall a return to democratic politics.

Last month, it very much appeared that the ADL was going to be swinging its considerable lobbying might behind the Bush administration's attempts to stall this resolution.

The Republicans are now openly attempting to stall the reforms and have said that they see an opportunity to deliver Obama a damaging political defeat.

The Sri Lankan government had attempted to stall the publication of the report, the findings of which had been widely leaked.