stalling

IPA: stˈɔɫɪŋ

Examples of "stalling" in Sentences

Are they all in stalling mode due to Weldon/Alaska big plans?
It's time to call the Ambassador home for consultation and send a clear message to Jerusalem that the time for stalling is over.
We have largely won the battle of ideas; we have succeeded in stalling the progress of socialism, but we have not succeeded in reversing its course.
It referred to the stalling tactic that Senate Republicans frequently use to kill Democratic bills even though they hold only 47 of the chamber's 100 seats.
While his vote was not decisive in stalling the legislation, it does provide the GOP with a key talking point that there is bipartisan opposition to the bill.
And he says there is a comparison to be made here between what he described as stalling action on the part of Nixon administration and what he sees as stalling tactics by Vice President Cheney.
Allowing the monkey-wrench tactics to succeed in stalling things OTOH has only reinforced the seeming soundness of every GOP rep and Senator stubbornly sticking to that strategy, to make Obama FAIL.
Smithfield’s stalling is par for the course, after the company spent fifteen years using harsh employer intimidation (including forcing an employee to stamp “Vote No” on dead hogs) to prevent a union from forming.