stale
Example Sentences
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By the time Coppola readied her pivotal first film, “The Virgin Suicides,” Jacobs was crowned the powerhouse creative director of Louis Vuitton, tasked with infusing a stale heritage luxury brand with youthful energy.
From Salon
It was even higher in markets where unsold listings are growing stale.
She’d take anything: stale bread crusts, cabbage leaves, even an apple or a bun sometimes, but I think she was always hoping for potatoes—as Mutti said, they were her real passion.
From Literature
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He raised his muzzle to catch the scents wafting from the valley: some jays and a few stale elk droppings; several storm-broken spruce; lots of willow herb and withered blueberries.
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The air was stale with a closed-up feeling, but it was cooler inside than out.
From Literature
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