Sentence examples for when I stalled from inspiring English sources

When I stalled for time and asked what that meant and why anyone would think it, the question was broken down.

"Working in poetry and prose is a great advantage—I just switch to the other genre when I get stalled," he laughs.

There were cross winds and I'd had three attempts at putting the plane down when it stalled.

She said the elevator was on its way up when it stalled.

The bidding went up and up, and when it stalled Stewart started heckling the rich.

I could happily eat one every day, but I've limited myself to buying some each Saturday from a brilliantly named local stall, The End of the Eclair – it reminds me of when I started a market stall 10 years ago, standing there, rain or shine, hoping people would buy the cakes I had spent the past day making.

Earlier this year I attended a performance of Hamlet at the Wyndhams Theatre in the West End and the leading man, Jude Law, glared at me a few times – I was near the front of the stalls – when I started coughing during his soliloquies.

Mike manned the phones and passed on the party details, and I would blow up the balloons, put on the gorilla suit and head out to my car, a silver Pinto that frequently stalled when I downshifted and had to be restarted on the roll.

My dating life stalled when I lived in Boston.

I shoved two nursing pads and a purse-pack of Kleenex into my tear-stained underwear, and with shorts in hand, I exited the stall to throw myself on the mercy of the court--although when I opened the stall door, the line of ten women facing me looked more like a firing squad.

I struggle to keep an open mind when I encounter a stall sponsored by the Federation of Subtle Energy Medicine.