Sentence examples similar to to stall something from inspiring English sources

If your parents ask, "What are you doing reading in the dark?" Just say something to stall them while you slowly turn off the computer.

The government will have to do something politically unpopular to stall the growth of renewable energy.

If you're a total beginner in conversations with women in the daytime you can always refer to something familiar if you think you're going to stall.

Meanwhile, I'm left to wonder if it's something about Mother Teresa herself that has caused her bid for sainthood to stall.

Ramsay continued to stall.

Alyokhina decided to stall.

Careful now not to stall.

Iran continues to stall.

Otherwise the locomotive is likely to stall.

Still, the case seemed to stall.

It is hard to stall.