How to Use stunt in a Sentence

stunt

1 of 2 verb
  • That includes what stunts them and what kills them.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Avoid planting onions with beans, which can stunt your bean crop.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 3 May 2026
  • These small black beetles chew holes in leaves and stunt the plants.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Removing too much of the plant can shock it and stunt its growth.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2025
  • This helps stunt their growth, keeping them the smaller size you may be used to.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Top Chef is back to stunt casting, baby!
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Helene has stunted that growth.
    — Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The rap has certainly stunted the price of the stock.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 June 2026
  • Injuries ravage the team again and stunt the growth of rookies.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Ohio State does not want to stunt the growth of a young talented group.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The viruses mottle, yellow, or curl leaves and stunt plant growth.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
  • Crowds kept socially distant and most grads still got to stunt in their caps and gowns.
    — Sabrina Herrera, courant.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • This should stunt the growth of your amaryllis plant by about a third so the flower stem won't flop over.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Don’t harvest cilantro that is too small or its growth may be stunted and leaves may lack flavor.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t harvest cilantro that is too small or its growth may be stunted and leaves may lack flavor.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Genius in one area of life can be stunting in other domains.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Tulip pests, including aphids, slugs, and snails, can also stunt the growth of the plant.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Forcing Herro back to a sixth-man role will only stunt his growth.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2022
  • In 1923, there were a lot of cowboys and stunt people.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Even worse, sage can stunt the growth of cucumbers and reduce the size of harvest yields.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 10 May 2026
  • Keeping the light on 24/7 can stunt growth and plant tissue and cause the plant to die.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2024
  • In turn, children's bones stop growing sooner, and height can be stunted.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 7 Jan. 2024
  • This helps plants reach their growth potential since not enough light can stunt growth or fruit production.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
  • This helps plants reach their growth potential since not enough light can stunt growth or fruit production.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • Shauna had cancer as a child, which stunted the growth of her pituitary gland.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • Hazy conditions can also reduce the amount of sunlight to plants and start to stunt their growth.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2023
  • That lack of connection may well stunt the careers of Gen Zers – in two ways.
    — Chris Ajuoga, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2022
  • If the drought continues all summer, even prairie plants may be stunted, with few flowers.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2023
  • As a result, the upper-pressure ridges that have started have been stunted in their growth.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2025
  • However, their progress has been stunted due to the fragile nature of qubits.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025

stunt

2 of 2 noun
  • That doesn’t feel like a stunt.
    — Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • One more stunt cast for the road?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • So what if the stunts aren’t all new?
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • There will be stunts — and not just for me.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 June 2026
  • Who would do such a stunt and not catch it on video?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
  • But the stunt team was so amazing.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • And kudos to the stunt team on that one.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
  • That cliff scene was my first ever stunt.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Both are stunts as much as sporting events.
    — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 May 2026
  • Lots of wires, lots of insane stunts.
    — Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
  • The stunt crews love Bob and Keanu.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In that context, the sprint is not a stunt.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Shown success with stunts and blitzes.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The film is not just stunts and effects, though.
    — Andrew McGowan, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t some reckless, one-off stunt.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Which stunt stood out to you the most while filming?
    — Leia Mendoza, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a lot of car action, there are some stunts.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
  • My wife was no longer having fun with this stunt of mine.
    — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Sure, the stunts and smooches and big crying scenes are fun.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • That is four stunt drivers who flank Brad.
    — Jay Glennie, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The stunt here is to thread the line through the hook eye and tie it well down the hook shank.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Tatum is known for performing his own stunts in his films.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In many ways, his role is like that of a stunt director.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Coleman was known for her daring stunt tricks in the air.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Or annoyed at myself for the whole stunt.
    — Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The post was not an isolated stunt.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
  • So the stunt work was quite remarkable.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
  • Very hands-on, active things, doing my own stunts.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Police had to shut down streets in the area in response to the stunt.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • And the stunts they were being told to do, were quite well choreographed.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026

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