How to Use stagnate in a Sentence

stagnate

verb
Definition of stagnatenext
  • Since the late 1990s the hole's growth has been stagnate.
    — Samantha Lopez, Houston Chronicle, 11 June 2019
  • And when the weather cools, the wind slows down, allowing the air to stagnate.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 8 Nov. 2018
  • There are also folks of all ages that don’t want to stagnate.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • Earth got stuck in a crisis state where the land was burning and the oceans stagnating.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Will the tech sector, which has been a growth engine, stagnate?
    — Martin Reeves, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The gender gap in wages, which had stagnated in the eighties, was on its way up again.
    — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The middle class is stagnating while the rich get even richer.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024
  • That came after two straight years of stagnating sales at the chain before the deal.
    — WSJ, 11 June 2018
  • As the season winds-down, the seedlings will go dormant and stagnate in size, then resume growth in spring.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Some will drift away from the sport; others will stagnate or get injured.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Before that, there was the oil price crisis of 1998 when demand stagnated on the back of crises around the world.
    — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Some people will stagnate in their lives and expect the same of their friendships.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Most notably, for the last 50 years, their wages have stagnated.
    — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Rarely did its avid crowds feel too overwhelming, nor did the line stagnate.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Even for those that are employed, wages and salaries have stagnated and in no way have kept up with the cost of living.
    — Curtis R. Ryan, Washington Post, 4 June 2018
  • In contrast, iPhone 14 models have been tipped to stagnate, with Apple reusing the iPhone 13 chipset.
    — Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Across the country, wages have stagnated for decades, failing to keep up with the cost of living.
    — Anjali Tsui, ProPublica, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The novel fell off the Times list after a week, and sales mostly stagnated over the summer.
    — Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • And the Bulls offense continues to stagnate — failing to crack 110 points in five of their last six games.
    — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Why 2020 production could be worse If Johnson and Hines can’t take the next step, the growth of the linebacker group could stagnate.
    — Alex Miller, Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Output has dropped or stagnated for the past three months, the worst performance in a decade.
    — Ian Mount, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2019
  • In the nineteen-nineties, though, the industry began to stagnate.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Distortions in the jet stream will allow the cold air to stagnate and linger over much of the Eastern United States.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This might add to some viewers’ sense that the story is stagnating.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025
  • But by and large, people think that the country is stagnating.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 23 May 2024
  • Fire storms also tend to stagnate, staying parked over the fires that create them.
    — National Geographic, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Yet none of these factors will stagnate long-term global growth.
    — Shirley Yu, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The Hart of last season might have stagnated such an offense.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Switch sales have stagnated in recent months as the console ages.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 17 May 2023
  • If you're not seen or your contributions aren't visible, your career may stagnate.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025

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