stonewalled

Example Sentences

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“Harvard sued us. Harvard stonewalled us on document requests to which we were entitled. Harvard is defiant. And they’ve wasted time with settlement negotiations that I believe were not in good faith.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The sheriff, Bonta said, “has delayed, stonewalled, and otherwise refused to work with us in good faith” and failed to provide most of the requested documents.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Murphy, who sits in Massachusetts, did not merely rule against the policy; he also documented the many ways that government officials lied, stonewalled, and disobeyed court orders throughout the litigation.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026

For years they felt stonewalled, lied to and gaslit.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

If no one would answer her questions, she would do what she’d always done when people she cared about stonewalled her: She’d lose herself in art.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older