How to Use stalk in a Sentence

stalk

1 of 2 noun
  • If these stalks are dead in their tops so are the buds.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
  • Use those stalks for good in this fresh and rich corn dip.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
  • Mushrooms have a stalk and cap.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Look for crisp stalks and tightly closed tips.
    — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Look for tight, green florets and a firm stalk.
    — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Save the stalks for soup and the fronds for garnish.
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • To make this snack, rinse and slice celery stalks.
    — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Some big bulbs send up two to three stalks to flower.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The stalks have a bunch of buttons now and roller knobs.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 June 2026
  • Search for firm, juicy stalks of lemongrass that are heavy for their size.
    — Diep Tran, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • But these stalks are not the only food that can change the scent of your urine.
    — Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The stalks should be firm and smooth, other than the tiny petal leaves that emerge.
    — Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Leave leaves, and leave seedheads and stalks, Shad urged.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Cut the fading flower stalk back to the first set of leaves.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
  • Bunch the stalks in groups and tie them together with twine.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • One seeks the dead, the other stalks the living.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Any new growth will quickly cover the cut stalks.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Each flower lasts for just one day—hence the name—but there are many on each stalk.
    — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The spindly, 18-inch-tall stalk has tiny white flowers.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Weave the bait through lily stalks and be ready for reaction strikes.
    — Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
  • Light-green grass with tiny buds sprouting in between the stalks.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Look for stalks that feel firm, tender, and well-colored.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026
  • The stalks are slightly sweet, while the leaves are earthy and bitter.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 27 June 2026
  • The stalks are slightly sweet, while the leaves are earthy and bitter.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Its petals turn brown, its stalk droops, and the plant disappears.
    — Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • New spikes don’t rebloom on the same flower stalk but on new growth.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Bright red and round, with a hook-like stalk, the peppers hang like beads from each plant.
    — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The petiole is where the base or stalk of the leaf connects to the stem.
    — Lauren David, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026
  • Trim the florets from the stalks, and break them into bite-sized pieces.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Cut back stalks right after bloom for a second set of flowers.
    — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026

stalk

2 of 2 verb
  • This is the time of year when hunters are stalking the woods for deer.
  • She angrily stalked out of the room.
  • She called the police because her ex-boyfriend was stalking her.
  • Lowry, for his part, does like to stalk.
    — Kim Bellware The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Not sure which stalks to buy or how to store them?
    — Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
  • She was stalked and harassed and blamed her ex.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 1 May 2026
  • Stuck aboard with her is a Xenomorph that stalks you for most of the game.
    — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Kind of stalking toward us through the brush.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Knick and Bill stalked a good buck but couldn’t get within range.
    — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
  • The coyote lost its interest in us and stalked on.
    — Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And sure enough, then a lion starts stalking the zebra.
    — AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
  • Deadhead spent blooms by cutting the flower stalks down to just above a strong leaf.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • As my daughter’s face paled, and a man in a clown mask stalked the aisles, panic seized my limbs.
    — Christa Carmen, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • This 70-million-year-old predator didn’t stalk herds on the plains.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
  • Three leathery older women stalked through the halls.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Or maybe Old Green Eyes is also the ghost cat that stalks the woods.
    — Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Kerouac gathered it up in a huff, claimed it would never be edited, and stalked out.
    — Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The consolation of an evening mint tea and hookah was precious to those stalked by fear all day.
    — Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • With deer lying tight in the thickets along the streams, stalking mistakes would be easy to make.
    — Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The two women were both found guilty by a federal grand jury of stalking.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Young stalked to the sideline and slammed his helmet to the ground after Canales tried to talk to him.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Falco knew about its lore, how a panther once stalked the community for months.
    — Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Someone might be stalking you; someone might say something nice to your face and then run out and tell [the tabloids].
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Cole often compares his clients to a wounded elk, stalked by corporate wolves.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Chive flowers can be harvested in the same way by cutting the woody flower stalks off at the soil line.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2026
  • Samane also was acquitted of the stalking charge.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Now only the two stalking charges remain in his federal case.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Now only the two stalking charges remain in his federal case.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • People were obsessed with him, people stalked him, people died because of him.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
  • While death was stalking the surface, new life cut through the darkness underground.
    — Pavlo Fedykovych, CNN Money, 12 June 2026

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