How to Use stay of execution in a Sentence

stay of execution

noun phrase
  • The only way a man had to secure a stay of execution was to behave himself.
    — Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Ten Hag, the architect, earned a stay of execution.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The court denied the latest appeal, but the lawyers got another stay of execution.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • But more damning, and more urgent, is that the club has been managed so poorly that this game, this win, may be nothing but a stay of execution.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 28 May 2023
  • Amid the legal wrangling, the high court issued a stay of execution five days before Duckett was to be put to death.
    — Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Will next week bring the tariffs on Canada and Mexico or some sort of stay of execution?
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2025
  • As a result, Mills filed a motion this past April asking the court to reopen his appeal and grant a stay of execution.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 30 May 2024
  • Eight days before, however, Ward filed an application for a stay of execution in federal court.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 19 May 2025
  • Nearby was the bronze statue of Scheherazade, the 9th-century queen who used her wit and her invention to win a stay of execution for one thousand and one nights.
    — Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • An Alpine Brown bear Italian officials said killed a jogger near the man's home this month has been captured and is getting stay of execution.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Gorsuch sided with the court majority in all applications for a stay of execution reviewed in the previous term.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
  • More than a year after the clock began ticking for two familiar buildings at the Boise Spectrum, a last-minute stay of execution has been granted.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 19 Jan. 2026
  • On Thursday, attorneys for the state of Florida filed a response opposing the stay of execution, court records show.
    — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
  • After clemency was denied, Glossip’s attorneys filed for a stay of execution with the Supreme Court.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • Many predicted Forest would use the international break to part ways with the coach, though Postecoglou has at least been handed a stay of execution thus far.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • On Friday, a formal request for a stay of execution was submitted for Knight over the crime that took place in 2000.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The judge issued a stay of execution for Creech, which remains in effect pending a ruling after a December hearing.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Yesterday, the Supreme Court rejected a request for a stay of execution, though the case could come before them again based on other legal challenges.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The justices Wednesday rejected his request for a stay of execution, although the case could come before them again in the final hours based on other legal challenges.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Germany just pushed the European Union to give a stay of execution to new combustion engine cars in 2035.
    — Hazel Southwell, Ars Technica, 5 May 2023
  • Gorsuch also sided with the Court majority in all applications for a stay of execution reviewed in the previous term.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution after his latest appeal.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The Supreme Court rejected Windom's final appeal for a stay of execution on Wednesday.
    — Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The governor previously revoked a stay of execution in the case ordered by his predecessor, allowing plans to put Williams to death to proceed.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
  • That led Greitens to grant a stay of execution in 2017 and to convene a panel to investigate this evidence.
    — Li Zhou, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The committee asked for a stay of execution in Roberson’s case while the legislature considered making changes to it in the coming legislative session.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
  • On March 26, the Florida Supreme Court agreed to issue a stay of execution pending results from the testing.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And both will almost certainly determine whether De Luca and Abdy get to keep swinging — or whether this spring’s comeback was merely a stay of execution.
    — Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man on Tuesday, 20 minutes before he was scheduled to face a lethal injection.
    — CBS News, 16 July 2024
  • That court, the same one that issued Tuesday's stay of execution, rejected previous requests for more DNA testing.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025

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