How to Use stilt in a Sentence

stilt

1 of 2 noun
  • Gone were the stilt homes and sweet aromas.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Of course, Albritton was on stilts.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
  • There will be trick or treating, a corn maze and stilt walkers.
    — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • In other words, a tower on stilts.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Buildings don't have to be built on stilts and the roads are more stable.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Most homes rest on stilts; red foxes and berry bushes hide in the knee-high grass.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 18 July 2019
  • The gazebo, which is on stilts, sits atop a small hill and has views of the swimming pool.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2023
  • These stilts also allow air to move over the ground, keeping it cool.
    — Melody Schreiber, WIRED, 14 May 2018
  • Get a balloon from the elves on stilts and snack on cookies and hot chocolate.
    — Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Get a balloon from the elves on stilts and snack on cookies and hot chocolate.
    — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Dec. 2025
  • These coastal cabins are built on stilts on the rocky shoreline, hanging over the sea.
    — Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Others raced to be the first skaters, the first stilt-walkers, and the first twins to cross the bridge.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Now, the macaques dress in diapers, walk on stilts play air hockey with passers-by.
    — National Geographic, 27 Feb. 2020
  • On a bad one, the same feed can show you a house built on stilts being pulled by a king tide into the ocean.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • These homes are typically built on stilts or made of concrete block.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
  • These homes are typically built on stilts or made of concrete block.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 7 June 2026
  • Towering Moko Jumbie stilt dancers weave through the crowds.
    — Nikki Miller-Ka, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Actors climb six-foot ladders inside the puppets and mount stilts to walk them.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The land was so watery that shepherds managed their flocks while walking on stilts.
    — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
  • These wooden party places grace the bay, with stilts planted in the bottom.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
  • These wooden party places grace the bay, with stilts planted in the bottom.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Among other major changes, the couple must put the home on stilts at least 10 feet high.
    — Amy Green, miamiherald, 11 July 2018
  • DJs, bands, stilt walkers, food trucks and displays for photo ops are part of the event.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
  • DJs, bands, stilt walkers, food trucks and displays for photo ops are part of the event.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Those tiny wheels, that low-slung crossbar, a stilt-like seat—the proportions are enough to make a big man blush.
    — Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Water got under his house, which is on stilts, but there was no damage and the power never went off.
    — Author: Rebecca Santana and Jonathan Drew, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2019
  • Inside Sven’s full-body costume, a ballet dancer holds stilts in his hands and walks on the tips of his toes.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The picturesque seaside communities are known for their beach homes propped on high stilts.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The concept was to do this daylong show with a bunch of absurd stuff, like a goat that blows up balloons and a guy on stilts.
    — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The male balances on the female's back and spreads his wings, showing just how flexible those stilt legs are.
    — New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025

stilt

2 of 2 verb
  • The men’s letters are studied and stilted, as if they were written to be published.
    — Abby McGanney Nolan, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2017
  • But even that is not enough to save this awkwardly written, stilted and sometimes just plain cruel movie.
    — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • On the flipside, this week's other one-on-one date, with Will, is stilted and uncomfortable.
    — Ashley Iaconetti, Cosmopolitan, 28 June 2017
  • The language of the documents can be stilted, even bureaucratic.
    — Ruth Franklin, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The dialogue is stilted, the costumes are too literal, the sets are drab and the action scenes are poorly directed and hard to follow.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Things have always felt stilted between Brianna and Claire, their relationship heavy with a lot of unsaid words.
    — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The prose can sound stilted, perhaps because pulp, with the underworld’s cultural specificity, can be as difficult to translate as poetry.
    — Special To The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2017
  • From photo ops with the Easter Bunny to stilt walkers and juggling sessions to face painting and more, entertainment for all ages will unfold from morning to night.
    — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The group’s Web site consists of just a single page, and its Korean is oddly stilted, as if the statements there had been drafted first in a different language, then translated.
    — Suki Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017

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