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 • Mar. 27, 2026

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

Nepali student leader-turned-politician Gagan Thapa has sought to rejuvenate his party's stale image, campaigning on generational change ahead of the Himalayan nation's first elections since a deadly youth-led uprising.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Nor were they ever considering how the first fight went in 2015 – delivered five years too late and as stale as feared.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

It was entirely clean, as Mrs. Klein—a small and tidy woman—would have left it, but it had a stale smell from being shut up.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien