How to Use stale in a Sentence

stale

adjective
  • Does the air in your home feel stale or dusty?
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • If food is expired or stale, chuck it.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
  • If food is expired or stale, chuck it.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Malik says yes, wine will taste stale.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Malik says yes, wine will taste stale.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
  • Malik says yes, wine will taste stale.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Place a slice of stale bread in each bowl and pour the soup over it.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The worst are bitter, stale or bland.
    — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Believe it or not, stale bread has its virtues.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 3 June 2026
  • Throwing away your stale bread.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Have a box of day-old croissants that are about to go stale?
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
  • No one wants to use a bathroom that smells stale (or worse).
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • No one wants to use a bathroom that smells stale (or worse).
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That film rubs off on your clothes and leaves them smelling stale and feeling stiff.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
  • So things may end up looking stale to outside eyes.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Is your wardrobe starting to feel a little stale?
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Feb. 2026
  • My grief felt as stale and dry as this summer season.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Things are looking a little stale this year.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
  • In my opinion his message hasn't got stale.
    — Will Graves, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
  • In my opinion his message hasn’t got stale.
    — Will Graves, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Say goodbye to stale slices and get the most out of every loaf.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The bus ride home was hot and smelled of sweat and stale cigarettes.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But over time, my friend told me, the ritual got a bit stale.
    — Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The cards shuffled, the chips clicked, and a faint scent of stale beer hung in the air.
    — Julia Rafal-Baer, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Using a clean mop each time will help reduce stale, sour odors.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 10 Feb. 2026
  • So good they’ve been accused of growing stale.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Things can get stale, so what drives you to keep things different?
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Years later, the warmth of these songs helps avoid them feeling too stale.
    — ABC News, 18 June 2026
  • Swap in new dressings or crumbly cheeses to save your side from getting stale.
    — Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Very good suddenly feels very stale.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 3 June 2026

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