Sentence examples for stalled before from inspiring English sources

The European Union's efforts at institutional reform have been stalled before by referendums, including by the Irish, who blocked the Nice Treaty in 2001, got some concessions, and voted yes in 2002.

Efforts to forge a peace treaty between the two Koreas have stalled before, notably in the early nineteen-nineties, when Kim Il-sung, who was Kim Jong-un's grandfather, refused to give up his nuclear ambitions.

Pitched as a "girls-only app for dating intelligence" or an anonymous database of guys, created by girls — men are strictly prohibited from joining via Facebook login and other checks — Lulu has, perhaps understandably, received its fair amount of criticism, even though it initially stalled before take off.

Fundraising stalled before enough was raised, forcing these visionary leaders to take control of the debt-ridden railroad.

Negotiations stalled before Mr. Rowhani's successful election campaign.

Jovetic's City career stalled before it began as he suffered a hamstring injury during pre-season.

Saracens had rolled one maul effectively, the move dying when Richard Wigglesworth dropped the ball, when they started another from just inside the Leicester 22; the attack appeared to stall before, with Brits in possession, it started gaining momentum.

Next thing they knew, veterinarians were slinking around from stall to stall before the races injecting horses as if they were sick.

He stalls before cutting on to his preferred right foot and then fails to muster enough power to beat Reina from the corner of the box.

I felt prickles all over me, & itches … They were looking for queen cells — long, pendulous, honeycolored cells from which the new queens would come … I was aware of bees buzzing and stalling before my face.

By Amy Julia Becker When a car trip gets too long, when they are stalling before bedtime, on a rainy day, my kids ask me to tell them the story "'bout when I was born".