stasis

Example Sentences

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But stasis doesn’t make for much of a climax, and as the couple wait in the snowbound airport, the setting also functions as a metaphor for the film as a whole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

So the stasis, i.e., inactive equilibrium, will remain.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

In the interim, it lurks underground in stasis, almost like a fetus in the womb.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

The governor’s race was frozen in stasis for most of the year, first as Californians waited for former Vice President Kamala Harris to decide whether she was going to jump into the race.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

People on the outside world don’t know what’s happened to me—I’m in a sort of stasis right now.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini