How to Use stalk in a Sentence

stalk

1 of 2 noun

• Lean the stalks against the wall or next to a bench, and finish off the look with a black wreath for the door.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• The stalks should be firm and smooth, other than the tiny petal leaves that emerge.
  — Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
• But these stalks are not the only food that can change the scent of your urine.
  — Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
• Cut the stalk housing the seedpod and lay it out to dry for a couple of days.
  — Lauren David, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• Gray-green leaves wrapped tightly around the stalk, which can grow up to 15 feet tall.
  — Brittany Trang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2021
• Search for firm, juicy stalks of lemongrass that are heavy for their size.
  — Diep Tran, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
• Lemongrass: Trim the tips and wrap the stalks in a damp paper towel.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• Count the number of flowers or sheaths on a stalk sometime and then do the math.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
• Each flower lasts for just one day—hence the name—but there are many on each stalk.
  — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 18 Apr. 2023
• Weave the bait through lily stalks and be ready for reaction strikes.
  — Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
• The wipers are controlled by a stalk sprouting from the right of the steering column.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
• For open-face helmets, there's a flexible stalk that mounts near the ear and hangs in front of the mouth.
  — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2022
• At the golden hour, the corn stalks gleamed and the onset of fall seemed a little less dreadful.
  — Sofia Jeremias, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
• The egg is then attached to the end of the stalk, suspending it in the air out of reach of passing insects.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2023
• This causes the plant to produce a seed stalk, which can reduce the yield of the plant come harvest time.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
• Once built, the piranha plant stands over nine inches, and the head, stalk, mouth, and leaves can all be posed by the builder.
  — Alida Nugent, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
• Rinse asparagus and trim about an inch off the woody bottoms of each stalk.
  — Joan Elovitz Kazan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2021
• As the garlic matures, the green stalks will toughen like a leek, in which case the stalks should be omitted.
  — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• The high fields on either side of the road were splintered with old stalks and stems, the reddish soil lay pale in the severe light.
  — Lan Samantha Chang, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• The rest of the earbud is a stalk shape that holds all the components that normally bulk out the size of the earpiece.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• Its stalks can act as fire ladders, causing flames to climb.
  — Eric Risberg and Janie Har, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
• Ted Sheedy thought of their emergency radios, switched off for the stalk.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 30 Aug. 2023
• The contaminants travel through the stalk of the plant into the leaves and flowers.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Bumping the right stalk down twice kicks in Driver+, which did everything the cruise control did and kept the R1T in its lane.
  — Will Egensteiner, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2021
• Use a paring knife to remove any leaves or tough skin on the stalks, then use the chef's knife to slice and separate the head from the stalks.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2023
• Watch them stalk and flounce to the beats, connecting hip-to-hip before hitting a stylish freeze.
  — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
• Trim leaves and woody stalk from the cauliflower, then cut through the root into 8 wedges.
  — Ali Slagle, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
• The only other faux pas was the turn signal stalk, which has a wiper button on its end.
  — Tribune News Service, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2023
• Among his few respites were reading and fishing, using cane stalks and wheat-ball bait to catch carp and perch.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• The groves are particularly attractive when there is a light wind and the tall bamboo stalks sway gently back and forth.
  — John Clifford, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024

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stalk

2 of 2 verb

• This is the time of year when hunters are stalking the woods for deer.
• She angrily stalked out of the room.
• She called the police because her ex-boyfriend was stalking her.
• And others were stalked by death, by men in white robes, the [Ku Klux] Klan and the lynch mob.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2023
• But after a day of my stalking around, none of them had.
  — Edmund Lee, New York Times, 3 May 2024
• As Paris stalks her prey through the streets of Rome, the comparisons draw themselves.
  — William Goodman, Men's Health, 14 July 2023
• The trio set him ablaze, and a now-flaming Vecna rises to stalk them.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 2 July 2022
• The story is set in a town in rural France as strangers begin to stalk the houses.
  — Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 14 Mar. 2023
• So far, so meet cute, although the script soon adds a dollop of darkness in the way Lena stalks Daniel home.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
• Eclipse fear has long stalked our species in one form or another.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
• Postosuchus Tyrannosaurus rex wasn’t the first toothy terror to stalk the Earth.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2023
• Fear of a demon or monster or saber-toothed tiger stalking you.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Feb. 2024
• Hoping for a fresh start, the friends soon find themselves being stalked by a new Ghostface.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 10 Mar. 2023
• The angry cow stalked back and forth, responding to her calf’s distress calls.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 19 Oct. 2023
• Launched in 2019, the task force aggressively stalks and monitors hip-hop shows and artists across the city.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 12 June 2023
• George Gascón didn’t name Rockwell as the stalking victim.
  — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• David continues to stalk her, his own butcher knife in hand.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2023
• Here was what appeared to be a rip crew, a local gang that stalked smuggling trails and stole from migrants or guides.
  — Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• And the customer wasn’t always right: once, when a diner was stalking me, Norm didn’t hesitate to 86 the guy.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
• Long-distance bills could stalk even a family with steady jobs.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
• As the Tyrannosaurus rex once hunted its prey, so controversy now stalks the trade in its bones.
  — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 16 July 2023
• Last year, as the crusts of snow retreated behind my house, a pair of Sandhill Cranes began to stalk the brambles.
  — Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• The stalking continued for years, and even Kroupa's ex-partner and children were stalked at their home.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
• Trim Asparagus Once dry, arrange the asparagus stalks so that the woody ends align.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024
• The gunman stalked shoppers and employees in the aisles and behind the cash registers.
  — Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 7 July 2023
• The stalking charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
• Once the flowers are spent, cut off the flower stalks without damaging the foliage.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2023
• Someone else’s sleeping self is stalked by a gangling figure bathed in blood.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• Rayburn stalked her from May 10 to Sept. 6, documents show.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
• The only California horse in the race, Stronghold, was in a good stalking position through the first mile but got swallowed up by closers and finished seventh.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024