stonewalling

Example Sentences

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After stonewalling every adult who tells him to open up, Robby does just that with an orphaned infant, saying that he, too, was abandoned by his mother as a child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

That proposal was “met with stonewalling by the Qatari Royals,” the complaint alleges.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

Elysée officials have told journalists that Macron was frustrated by his repeated attempts to build bridges to Algeria constantly coming to nothing because of Algerian stonewalling.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

In recent interviews she has made a habit of stonewalling, dodging and reformulating questions to render them amenable to stock, scripted responses.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2024

It’s a tense moment, with Marge prying and Holly just as rudely stonewalling, but Holly, as team leader, prevails.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich