Stalks in a sentence

An alternative etymology holds that it is a combination of the words chorniy (чорний, black) and byllia (билля, grass blades or stalks), hence it would literally mean black grass or black stalks.

And they used every bit of the plants they took, turning the yucca’s blossoms into food, its hollowed-out stalks into quivers, and its fibrous fronds into baskets, rope, sandals or even homes.

A troubled fan stalks Mima, and the fan only exacerbates Mima's slipping grasp on reality.

Eventually they do tie up and Gunther forces things to a corner then Miz avoids a chop and lands one but Gunther no sells it and just stalks him again.

Good ol' Freddy is instantly smitten and does what any reasonable person would do in his situation — he follows Eliza home with flowers and stalks her street while singing love ballads.

He then adds a splash of oil as well as his dry powdered spices and lets them cook while he washes a chops up some coriander stalks.

In the short video clip, the clown stalks the village streets, sits on park benches and walks down darkened streets while bearing his hideous grin.

It’s caused by the fungus and can be identified by small, raised black and circular spots present on corn leaves, stalks and husks.

Its seeds develop in expanded panicles (branched columns of flowers), with long, undulating stalks or threads spread at distinctly wide angles, each bearing a single seed at its tip.

Now, it’s as far from cooking as where my pal Bermy stalks false albacore from the rocks, but John Grisham is so good at his job that I tore through his 2022 legal thriller “The Boys From Biloxi” in a day.

Others may lament the fact the indicator and wiper stalks are “the wrong way around”, being that the left one is the indicator lever.

She slams the door on his hand during yet another persistent visit and soon finds herself living a nightmare as he stalks her every move.

So her father used what was left to make a dish - lettuce stalks, olive oil, raw egg, croutons, parmesan cheese and Worcestershire sauce.

Sure enough, spiders, sensing slow food, climbed stalks to do their deeds.

The American Imperium still stalks the planet for new monsters to destroy — presently in the precincts of Russian-speaking eastern and southern Ukraine that are utterly irrelevant to America’s peace and security.

The claustrophobic and winding hallways, the complex yet intricate layout of the building, and of course the lurking Mr. X who's an undefeatable towering figure of doom that stalks players.

The mode switch for the Normal, Sport and Sport Plus driving programmes and the assistance control stalks are also directly accessible to the driver.

This is the paranoia that stalks Guyana today, where a posture by a citizen or a group (any dissenting citizen or group) attracts the vengeance of government soldiers.

Cutting down the stalks with a weed whacker — as Jones did — is one of the worst things to do because it causes the sap to spray everywhere.

Do this carefully, as you don’t want to damage the leaves or any new flower stalks.