Sentence examples for stall the game from inspiring English sources

Once a team acquired a modest lead, the popular tactic was to stall the game by passing the ball without trying to score, in an attempt to run out the clock.

But then again, last year's electricity outage stalled the game and offered a great opportunity for folks to get tweeting.

A rain delay stalled the game before Slaten could throw his first pitch.

Determined to beat corporate, and specifically Charles, Jim takes Pam to a local hospital to get an X-ray while Dwight stalls the game to give them time to get back.

San Clemente went three-and-out on the very first possession of the game, and on the ensuing punt, a Mission Viejo player was involved in a collision that stalled the game as he was tended to by trainers and paramedics.

Is the team that is winning stalling the game to get the ball for a throw-in?

Their supporters believe that reducing the number of teams will stall the global growth of the game but Richardson disagrees.

In addition to breaking for the Winter Olympics, the commissioner insists on an All-Star game that will also stall the season.

Not if medicine raises its game and learns to stall the "incremental cellular damage and changes" associated with old age.

A study of 681 healthy individuals ages 50 and older revealed that playing 10 hours of a specially designed video game was able to stall the natural decline of different cognitive skills by up to seven years, in some cases.

But if the defense hadn't stuffed Staley early, Fassel could have been haunted by penalties that stalled the offense when the game was still up for grabs -- right tackle Luke Petitgout's illegal motion, left tackle Lomas Brown's false start.