become stale

Example Sentences

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Adrian Newey tells BBC Sport's Joe Wilson "it is easy to become stale", but his "passion has always been for trying to find ways to make the car go faster" after joining Aston Martin.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

"How do you update models that become stale as the world changes around it?"

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2022

Texas fired national-championship winning coach Mack Brown after the 2013 season because the school felt the program had become stale and second-tier in the Big 12.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021

That model has become stale and no longer provides meaningful information.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2019

Thoroughbreds run because they love to, but when overraced they can become stale and uninterested, especially when repeatedly trounced and bullied by their riders, as Seabiscuit was.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand