How to Use stale in a Sentence

stale

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of stalenext
Synonyms for stalenext
  • The cards shuffled, the chips clicked, and a faint scent of stale beer hung in the air.
    — Julia Rafal-Baer, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Place a slice of stale bread in each bowl and pour the soup over it.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The couch was low to the floor, and the living room smelled faintly of stale sage.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • That was only part of the reason for the stale offense.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2022
  • And the stale romantic cliché-ness of it all is as close as the film comes to satire.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The whole debate, if that’s the right word for it, has been stale and repetitive since the mid-1990s.
    — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Once opened, dry pet food can go stale, even if stored in the reservoir of a feeder.
    — Lindsay Pevny, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2022
  • There, in a dark room bathed in black light, man-smelling, stale with sweat and cologne, a show was about to begin.
    — New York Times, 12 May 2022
  • Don’t stay the same, don’t get stale, transform your awareness to find new heights.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Bread pudding is a great way to use up stale bread, but the bread can also be fresh.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
  • The air was stale and rank, reeking of tobacco freely smoked, chewed, spat on the floor.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Swap in new dressings or crumbly cheeses to save your side from getting stale.
    — Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 26 Jan. 2024
  • There’s a fine line between stable and stale, and too many Big Ten programs are on the wrong side of it.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Isn’t that what fans wanted when the four-team CFP started to get stale with the same teams year after year?
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The city’s restaurants had, with a few exceptions, gone a bit stale by the time the pandemic hit.
    — Kate Maxwell, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
  • There are also stale subplots that are riffs on things the show has done before.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
  • As a result, bread made with this wheat gets stale faster than the soft wheat varieties.
    — Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The script is confusing, the action stale and the visual effects cheap.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The air is stale on the 40th day of running around an unremarkable city block in Queens, New York City.
    — Ben Pryor, Outside Online, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The living area was dark, cavernous and had the stale, smoky, over-warm atmosphere of a casino.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
  • With a bit more effort and focus, your white paper can go from pale and stale to bringing in the green.
    — April Rudin, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • And yet there is something underwhelming—stale, even—about the news.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But on the football side, the league is starting to feel stale, especially out West.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Speakers may have a shelf life of only a handful of years before their book gets old and the topic seems stale.
    — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • In this idyllic life, Leavitt, 66, doesn’t have to rummage for stale Hot Cheetos in her pantry.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Then, with your bread, stale or toasted, use a food processor to grind into a fine crumb.
    — Becca Miller, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2022
  • Lindholm took the keys Monday because, in Montgomery’s view, the unit had gotten stale the last few games.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • When popular music grows stale, a jolt is inevitable, from the progressive rock of the ’70s to punk or grunge.
    — Ken Budd, Washington Post, 25 May 2022
  • An emotional water sign might find the air signs to be a bit cold, while earth signs will be too stale and stable for air signs.
    — Aryelle Siclait, Women's Health, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Use leftover hot dog buns, stale sandwich bread, or dinner rolls.
    — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024
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stale

2 of 2 noun
  • And though the future looks bright, even that trope feels stale.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • This manner of breaking down the fourth wall feels stale from the start.
    — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The subject is a topical one, but the approach feels stale.
    — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 7 June 2019
  • Blackhawks looking stale: Has this group run out of magic?
    — Kevin Allen, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
  • But keeping the festival world-class and fresh, year after year, is a challenge, and some critics have warned that Lincoln Center’s was growing stale.
    — Michael Cooper, New York Times, 28 June 2017
  • Democrats, meanwhile, say there has been no fresh outreach to them after talks about attaching something to the government spending package stale mated.
    — Tal Kopan, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018
  • And while many have written it off as a stale, co-opted opponent with little relevance to national political developments, the last month has shown that the situation is not so simple.
    — Sofia Fenner, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
  • And though the future looks bright, even that trope feels stale.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • This manner of breaking down the fourth wall feels stale from the start.
    — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The subject is a topical one, but the approach feels stale.
    — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 7 June 2019
  • Blackhawks looking stale: Has this group run out of magic?
    — Kevin Allen, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
  • But keeping the festival world-class and fresh, year after year, is a challenge, and some critics have warned that Lincoln Center’s was growing stale.
    — Michael Cooper, New York Times, 28 June 2017
  • Democrats, meanwhile, say there has been no fresh outreach to them after talks about attaching something to the government spending package stale mated.
    — Tal Kopan, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018
  • And while many have written it off as a stale, co-opted opponent with little relevance to national political developments, the last month has shown that the situation is not so simple.
    — Sofia Fenner, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
  • And though the future looks bright, even that trope feels stale.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • This manner of breaking down the fourth wall feels stale from the start.
    — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The subject is a topical one, but the approach feels stale.
    — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 7 June 2019
  • Blackhawks looking stale: Has this group run out of magic?
    — Kevin Allen, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
  • But keeping the festival world-class and fresh, year after year, is a challenge, and some critics have warned that Lincoln Center’s was growing stale.
    — Michael Cooper, New York Times, 28 June 2017
  • Democrats, meanwhile, say there has been no fresh outreach to them after talks about attaching something to the government spending package stale mated.
    — Tal Kopan, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018
  • And while many have written it off as a stale, co-opted opponent with little relevance to national political developments, the last month has shown that the situation is not so simple.
    — Sofia Fenner, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
  • And though the future looks bright, even that trope feels stale.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • This manner of breaking down the fourth wall feels stale from the start.
    — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The subject is a topical one, but the approach feels stale.
    — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 7 June 2019
  • Blackhawks looking stale: Has this group run out of magic?
    — Kevin Allen, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
  • But keeping the festival world-class and fresh, year after year, is a challenge, and some critics have warned that Lincoln Center’s was growing stale.
    — Michael Cooper, New York Times, 28 June 2017
  • Democrats, meanwhile, say there has been no fresh outreach to them after talks about attaching something to the government spending package stale mated.
    — Tal Kopan, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018
  • And while many have written it off as a stale, co-opted opponent with little relevance to national political developments, the last month has shown that the situation is not so simple.
    — Sofia Fenner, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018

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