Used in a Sentence

stonewall

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for stonewall.

Editorial note

All the nagging in the world from someone you don't trust just makes you stonewall.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A nickname of Confederate general Thomas Jonathan Jackson.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of stonewall gathered in one view.

noun

A nickname of Confederate general Thomas Jonathan Jackson.

noun

Any of several places:

noun

A town in Manitoba, Canada.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stonewall.

noun

A nickname of Confederate general Thomas Jonathan Jackson.

noun

Any of several places:

noun

A town in Manitoba, Canada.

noun

A former gold-mining town in California, in the Cuyamaca Mountains.

Example sentences

1

All the nagging in the world from someone you don't trust just makes you stonewall.

2

Just when you thought you could count on the Republicans to stonewall...

3

Aren't you familiar with Google's infamous stonewall of support?

4

If you're joining a normal company as a normal employee and they stonewall you on reasonable concerns, take it as a sign and walk away, as you seem to have done.

5

But at least in India, there's no cultural taboo against lying to someone you don't know to get what you want (the assumption being that they are also lying to stonewall you in exchange for a bribe).

6

It seems to me that it is equally (or more) plausible that Russia is powerful enough to stonewall extradition requests for American citizens in this pseudo cold war of information, and Assange may have banked on that (smaller countries may have the desire but not the political power to make it happen).

7

The judge would tell them they had to comply with the license, they would either stonewall or give us a (usually non-working) dump of their code & build system, ad infinitum, until we told them we were going to ask the judge for an injunction.

8

I don't think the goal of this project is to allow public officials to respond in public, but rather to avoid having to copy-paste email chains with public officials when they stonewall or downright circumvent laws in what they believe is a private channel (traditional email).

Quote examples

1

On one hand he's removing tons of voters from the rolls to prevent "voter fraud" while simultaneously helping stonewall an audit of votes to detect election fraud.

2

"It's only illegal if you get caught" seems to be the mantra of the DoJ in this case -- stonewall and distract rather than address the legality of illegal activities.

3

And there are definitely zoophiles who seek acceptance and are waiting for their Stonewall, probably necrophiles too." The problem with your argument is that the high percentage of females refusing to associate with different races (even their own race) is essentially dictating who other people have sex with.

Proper noun examples

1

And there are definitely zoophiles who seek acceptance and are waiting for their Stonewall, probably necrophiles too.

2

According to the organisation Stonewall, there's thousands more - although obviously, there's not going to be a pre-made list somewhere, you'd have to go over court records.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use stonewall in a sentence?

All the nagging in the world from someone you don't trust just makes you stonewall.

What does stonewall mean?

A nickname of Confederate general Thomas Jonathan Jackson.

What part of speech is stonewall?

stonewall is commonly used as noun.