Example Sentences

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And then, when Tim stonewalls him about stealing a gun, Gaitok doesn’t respond with the obvious “dude, there’s video.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2025

Sections of historic stonewalls that line roads and mark property boundaries remain.

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2020

Bosch finds out, but when he tries to report his findings, the billionaire’s staff stonewalls him.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2016

Bread Loaf was a postcard of open green fields, snaking stonewalls, an old barn and inn, painted in Marblehead gold.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 5, 2016

Their nests are built along the roadsides, or beside stonewalls or any place affording satisfactory shelter.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)