stonewall
verb (used without object)
to engage in stonewalling.
stonewalled
Example Sentences
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Most schools either didn’t respond, stonewalled the request or demanded excessive fees to process the request.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Opponents have also written to MPs in which they accuse the backers of the bill of having "stonewalled or rejected nearly every attempt to amend or improve" it.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
The sheriff, Bonta said, “has delayed, stonewalled, and otherwise refused to work with us in good faith” and failed to provide most of the requested documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
Both the army and the RSF have previously stonewalled negotiations brokered by the US and Saudi Arabia.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
If no one would answer her questions, she would do what she’d always done when people she cared about stonewalled her: She’d lose herself in art.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
