Stonewall is an English word with synonyms like obstruct or detain. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Stonewall meaning
- An obstruction.
- A refusal to cooperate.
- An alcoholic drink popular in colonial America, consisting of apple cider (or sometimes applejack) mixed with rum (or sometimes gin or whisky).
Using Stonewall
- The main meaning on this page is: An obstruction. | A refusal to cooperate. | An alcoholic drink popular in colonial America, consisting of apple cider (or sometimes applejack) mixed with rum (or sometimes gin or whisky).
- Useful related words include: obstruct, detain, delay, embarrass.
- In the example corpus, stonewall often appears in combinations such as: the stonewall, stonewall riots, stonewall inn.
Context around Stonewall
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stonewall
- In this selection, "stonewall" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chante, thought, former, riots, inn and celebrate stand out and add context to how "stonewall" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about pre stonewall societies of and and the stonewall resource center. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stonewall" sits close to words such as accomplices, als and antioch, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stonewall
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Interment will follow at Stonewall Cemetery. (6 words)
The first was a stonewall yellow card and then it was great refereeing. (13 words)
This was around the same time that Stonewall began to push for what is known as self-ID. (18 words)
The Stonewall Riots of 1969 brought the systematic oppression of gay and lesbian people into the national consciousness for the first time, and by the early '70s, what had long been underground was beginning to be celebrated in the mainstream. (40 words)
Mr Turrell said the council had worked with Stonewall to produce a "trans equality policy" – an issue over which the charity has faced mounting criticism after it suggested children as young as two could identify as trans. (37 words)
In tandem with their tutorial class TUT-100-28: … And the Rest is Drag, Alfredo Rivera, professor of art history, and the Stonewall Resource Center (SRC) organized the event to give students a glimpse of drag. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
DePaul freshmen Lexi Held and junior Chante Stonewall celebrate after Stonewall scored a crucial basket for the Blue Demons in the Big Tournament title game on March 13.
The Democratic frontrunner also addressed the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, after recently visiting the Stonewall Inn to commemorate the event.
Bronski, p. 12. Lasting impact and recognition The Stonewall, a bar in part of the building where the Stonewall Inn was located.
Cautious, however, not to attribute the start of gay activism to the Stonewall riots, Nestle writes, I certainly don't see gay and lesbian history starting with Stonewall..
The Stonewall Awards is an annual event by Stonewall held since 2006 to recognize people who have affected the lives of British lesbian, gay, and bisexual people.
The towns of Stonewall in Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and Kentucky are named in his honor, as are Jackson County in Oklahoma and Stonewall County in Texas.
By then, everyone knew that the next Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates would hail from a part of Virginia where many residents thought Stonewall Jackson deserved to be respected and honored.
In tandem with their tutorial class TUT-100-28: … And the Rest is Drag, Alfredo Rivera, professor of art history, and the Stonewall Resource Center (SRC) organized the event to give students a glimpse of drag.
In the clip, Haaland is shown standing alongside a transgender activist who goes by the name outside the Stonewall National Monument in New York City.
Mr Turrell said the council had worked with Stonewall to produce a "trans equality policy" – an issue over which the charity has faced mounting criticism after it suggested children as young as two could identify as trans.
On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village.
Since the riot created the urgency for change, Gay Liberation Front picked up that mantle and ran with it; Stonewall and GLF are synonymous.
The first was a stonewall yellow card and then it was great refereeing.
The Stonewall Riots of 1969 brought the systematic oppression of gay and lesbian people into the national consciousness for the first time, and by the early '70s, what had long been underground was beginning to be celebrated in the mainstream.
This was around the same time that Stonewall began to push for what is known as self-ID.
Earlier this year we told you of the plan to build an exciting 32-acre holiday-themed attraction in Desoto Parish near the community of Stonewall.
Host Konstantin Kisin read out a 'confrontational' question sent in by former Stonewall employee Levi Pay, who is gay, probing why Fry continues to support the charity.
I’m talking about pre-Stonewall societies of bikers riding around and rubbing on each other with purpose.
Interment will follow at Stonewall Cemetery.
It is an irreverent starring vehicle for Holly Woodlawn, a trans actor who was a player in the Warhol Superstar factory line, and is a wonderful piece of post-Stonewall John Waters-adjacent camp cinema.
Common combinations with stonewall
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the stonewall 66×
- stonewall riots 31×
- stonewall inn 22×
- stonewall jackson 22×
- of stonewall 10×
- to stonewall 10×
- at stonewall 9×
- and stonewall 7×
- stonewall jackson's 7×
- that stonewall 6×