Sentence examples for stalls long from inspiring English sources

The machine drips and occasionally stalls: long waits on torpid platforms can inspire glum reflections on how it will hold up as the planet heats up.

And the horse stalls — long ago converted to small guest bedrooms — had reverted to stables and garages: horses on one side and collectible automobiles (like those Mr. Sammons fancies) on the other.

Now it's Christmas 2001, and my thoughts again turn to bygone years: the look of delight on the faces of children in the stalls; long drives home on desolate motorways for a few cherished hours of festivity; and the rhythmic sound of skull on glass at 2am.

Shawn stalls long enough for the robbers, Juliet, and Lassiter to show up, and David and Raylene are arrested.

He stalled long enough for her to arrive just in time.

Without scientists such as Zhang, she said, progress in the field would have stalled long ago.

But the looming storm stalled long enough for the game to be finished.

Manning's issue is that he was the top draft choice in 2004 and has stalled long before turning the proverbial corner toward elite status.

If you are a euro optimist, you might believe that the day of reckoning for Greece will be stalled long enough for Portugal, Ireland, Spain and possibly Italy and Belgium to recapitalize their banks and trim their government budgets.

But Microsoft is not stupid; they must think they can stall long enough to change the subject again.

Scientists' understanding of HTS materials is incomplete and the transition-temperature race stalled long ago, but the Los Alamos scientists have moved on to the difficulties of production and commercialization.