Sentence examples for stalling from inspiring English sources

My reading year has been full of false starts and stalling so I was thankful to Patrick Ness for More Than This (Walker).

The opposition leader Bill Shorten, the bill's other co-sponsor, agreed that the matter should be a bipartisan one, but said that Labor had sparked momentum on reforms that were stalling under the Coalition.

He accuses politicians and local administrators of "regularising environmental violations by builders", and of stalling the release of a contour map that would demarcate high-tide zones where construction would be hazardous.

Empire continues a musical-drama revival that had looked to be stalling thanks to the natural end of Glee and the messy self-immolation of Smash.

At a time when the Eurozone is stalling we cannot duck such an opportunity for growth.

Rutte warned: "The problems are serious, the economy is stalling, employment is under pressure and government debt is growing faster than the Netherlands can afford.

The White House slammed Senate leaders on Friday for stalling on the USA Freedom Act in perhaps the Obama administration's strongest words yet on the issue.

Anxiety is unbearably efficient at stalling our engines of self-worth, planting worries about a failed year well before its bloom.

If income and job growth do not pick up soon, populist parties may come closer to power at the national level in Europe, with anti-EU sentiments stalling the process of European economic and political integration.

The city has done well to update its flood maps and raise the minimum construction elevation for new buildings by 1.1 metres, but the scheme is in its infancy and still at risk of stalling.

Costa Rica's divided congress is stalling on new taxes.