stale

Example Sentences

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They aren’t just stale; to use Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy’s excellent new phrase, they’re as “dead as fried chicken.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

"We had a lovely video sent to us about the cows being hand-fed stale baguettes, everyone loved that video," Haywood added.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

It’s stale to nearly all but his biggest sycophants.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

New food items need to be genuinely craveable and high-quality, not stale or overly processed, said food-industry veteran David Ferreira.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

And so by the time I met Aziz, she was the old woman who offered stale candy and whose house smelled like sadness.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri