How to Use stagnant in a Sentence

stagnant

adjective
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  • The starting unit was stagnant and was outscored 17-4 to open the game.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The air was stagnant with the lingering, acrid smell of smoke, rot, and death.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • For much of the past year, the British economy has been stagnant.
    — Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 4 May 2023
  • The Suns look to improve on that in Game 2 as the offense was stagnant at times in Game 1.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The lot was north of downtown, and its office had the stagnant air of a toolshed.
    — Dan Hernandez, Longreads, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The offense was stagnant and scored more than 30 points just twice.
    — Joe Eachus, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Seth Henson’s 35-yard field goal capped the opening drive of the game to give Male a 3-0 lead, but the offense was stagnant for much of the night.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2023
  • That stagnant pattern led to a very warm month in July.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • To a Gem, the worst thing a relationship can be is stagnant.
    — Women's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • When the weather gets hot and stagnant, the folks who live on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay go on high alert.
    — David Rainer Alabama Department Of Conservation and Natural Resources, al, 10 Aug. 2023
  • During dry weather, the creek stops flowing to the ocean, grows stagnant and fills with trash.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The film, which is entirely in German, has long, stagnant shots that would put him to sleep.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
  • While many states saw their threshold rise over the past year, New York was stagnant compared with 2022.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 July 2023
  • Teachers are quitting in droves over stagnant salaries and burnout.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The Dallas offense was stagnant for much of the first two periods.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The film saw Davidson as Scott, a young man who has remained stagnant in life since the death of his firefighter dad.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Wages are stagnant or falling for a large part of the population.
    — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Also, for much of the year the water is stagnant, which kills fish and harbors mosquitoes.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The stagnant water behind the dams became a toxic stew of green algae.
    — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • And stagnant pools of water are the perfect breeding grounds for mosquitos to lay their eggs.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • And the Heat defense fell to 22nd in the league since the All-Star break, offering more wiggle room for the Bulls offense, which sometimes can fall stagnant.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Cardinal fans might have to be patient as the new head man looks to retool a proud program that had grown a bit stagnant of late.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • But the Owls switched from a stagnant ground game to a potent passing attack to get within two points at 28-26 with less than two minutes left.
    — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Investment in power grids globally has been stagnant for the past decade, the report says, and needs to double to more than $600 billion a year by the end of the decade.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2023
  • That’s my main goal, and what keeps me continuing to work and never being stagnant.
    — Maurice Richardson, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The problem spans income groups and has been tied to both the state’s loss of workers and its stagnant economy, which has barely grown over the past seven years.
    — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The recent surge in overall inflation came after decades of near-stagnant prices for most goods and services.
    — oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Salmon evolved to swim and spawn in cold, free-flowing rivers that the dams choked into warm, stagnant lakes, full of bass and other invasive predators.
    — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Organic buildup was inside of an ice chute, and there were utensils in stagnant water, the report said.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Citrus peels can be an easy fix for stagnant garbage disposals.
    — Christina Poletto, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2023

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