How to Use stable in a Sentence

stable

1 of 3 noun
  • She rode the horse back to the stable.
  • A new model will be added to the car company's stable of sedans.
  • There have been three winners from his stable this season.
  • His crew is assigned to the stables closest to the racetrack.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The stable is also well known for its horse shows, which are open to the public.
    Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Part of the stable of early-day artists at legendary Stax Records.
    Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
  • At thirteen, Kai became the youngest athlete in the stable.
    William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • One day in the spring of 1935, the boy came to the stables of the Maharajah of Mysore, a place teeming with elephants, begging for food.
    Hazlitt, 29 Nov. 2023
  • His stable has earned six Eclipse Awards for top female turf horse and three more for top male turf horse.
    Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 5 May 2022
  • Two 3-year-old boys were killed Monday when a car crashed through a stable as the boys were playing with these toys.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 May 2022
  • In a stable like this, skaters have less of an incentive to take care of their own well-being.
    Sarah Hughes, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Which will you be inspired to start building—more garages or more stables?
    Adam Morganstern, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Why not start your revolution with the biggest name in the stable?
    Sam Smith, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Father Halavin explained that a stable had been bombed.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
  • The house is filled with work from Pucci’s stable of designers.
    Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 4 Aug. 2022
  • In her time as a royal, Meghan Markle has cultivated a stable of go-to brands—and chief among them has been Givenchy.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 18 July 2022
  • President Menem set out to clean the stables, but early on, the going was slow.
    Francisco Zalles, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Much of that came from practicing against the Crimson Tide’s own stable of receivers.
    Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 19 July 2023
  • Arizona has a stable of bigs that also contain the perimeter.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
  • In 2020, the mega gallery Hauser & Wirth added Taylor to its prestigious stable.
    Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • On a winter night in 1820, a group of radicals gathered in a London stable.
    Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022
  • From there, the couple built their home from the ground up, adding in private horse stables, a lake, greenhouse, and a beautiful garden (a.k.a.
    Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Sometimes, the three of us would wander to specific landmarks in the park—the stables to see the horses, the great beech tree, the rocky patch of land by the creek where people bring their dogs to play.
    Dayna Evans, ELLE, 14 July 2023
  • The diverse successes of his stable are more important to him than one race.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2022
  • At one point between the stable and gym, Mr. Al Misned veered off the road and across a pristine stretch of lawn to show us one of several guesthouses.
    Christina Goldbaum Erin Schaff, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Tom Ford would be its biggest acquisition and the first clothier in its stable of brands.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The Ravens’ stable of running backs got a little deeper Friday.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
  • Just beyond the stable, the Outlaws galloped off, my father in pursuit.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
  • For drinks, simply wander back to the former stables where Public House Bar now serves cocktails.
    Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The story begins in 2001, when Zoe is born in a racehorse stable owned by her parents at the same time as a horse named Beautiful Intrigue.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2022
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stable

2 of 3 verb
  • Where do you stable your horses?
  • And, that’s where McKinzie will be stabled at the start.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Girvin is stabled at Saratoga so the Aug. 26 Travers has to be on the agenda.
    Dick Jerardi, Philly.com, 30 July 2017
  • Most of the horses that were stabled at the center are now at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
    J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Jan. 2018
  • West Coast and Abel Tasman, in fact, are stabled in Servis’s barn.
    Dick Jerardi, Philly.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Holstein calfs and Brown Swiss working steers were stabled in the cattle barn.
    Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 14 June 2017
  • On Wednesday, King’s Home unveiled a new barn to stable its 11 horses on a farm near Chelsea.
    al, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Grooms went home to small, mortgaged homes so that Gem might stable her horse, and horses would be broken so that Gem might ride.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Not only was the track badly damaged, but also threatened the welfare of the horses stabled there.
    Clark Spencer, miamiherald, 24 Oct. 2017
  • This museum housed in the stately historic Humboldt Park stables is a gem.
    Aine Dougherty, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Ritvo says he is not opposed to trainers stabling at Golden Gate and shipping to the fair circuit with no penalty.
    John Cherwa, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • Horsemen who stable on the grounds or trackside received a notification late Wednesday evening about the 11 a.m. meeting at the rec hall on the backside of the track.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 1 June 2023
  • The residence sits on 4.2 acres, and the property is zoned to stable up to nine horses, which is great for the equestrian who wants to start building stables right away.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Moody’s and S & P raised their outlooks to stable from negative earlier this year.
    Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2021
  • The apartment had started life as horse stables in the 1870s, servicing a much larger bourgeois house adjacent to it.
    Olivia Gregory, ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
  • These machines are also commonly used in barns and stables too, and anywhere that flies and mosquitoes could be a health and safety concern.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Horses already stabled in Kentucky will be allowed at Churchill starting on May 20.
    Rana L. Cash, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2020
  • By what mechanism would stable bond yields help drive inflation?
    Megumi Fujikawa, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Animalkind A common virus among horses resulted in the euthanasia of a racehorse Friday at Turfway Park and the quarantine of the barn where the horse was stabled.
    Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Oh, Laurel, owned by TSG, will get about $173 million in improvements to include a new clubhouse, stabling areas and a synthetic track.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2019
  • Moody’s Investors Service yesterday cut its rating to Aa3 from Aa2 and revised the outlook to stable from negative.
    Vassilis Karamanis, Bloomberg.com, 17 Oct. 2020
  • An estimated 800 race horses stabled in Prescott for the summer season must now find other racing venues.
    Dennis Wagner, azcentral, 21 June 2019
  • Visiting horses were stabled in temporary stalls on the club’s outer limits.
    La Cañada Valley Sun, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Taking these factors into account, Moody’s changed its rating for the real estate firm from negative to stable in November last year.
    Prathamesh Mulye, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2021
  • One horse, however, was reportedly still stabled there but not injured.
    Kitty Conley, Post-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2017
  • The title, a reference to the prize horses that are stabled in this upscale neighborhood, is also a metaphor that the story drives home in its less subtle moments: What happens when two well-groomed, hot-blooded mares begin acting up?
    Justin Chang, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Enjoy snowy wonderland, reindeer stables, elves workshop, Mrs. Claus' old-fashioned kitchen and Santa himself.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 17 July 2023
  • Conditioner Mike Harrington is stabled locally, and the filly has remained in steady training.
    John Cherwa, latimes.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • Both those horses, and Arrogate, were stabled in Southern California.
    John Cherwa, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Think about it: Stable, affordable, quality housing reduces the risk of overcrowding, homelessness, exposure to environmental toxins or the undue stress of being house poor.
    Steve Pontell, Orange County Register, 15 Apr. 2017
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stable

3 of 3 adjective
  • Make sure the platform is stable.
  • Children need to be raised in a stable environment.
  • They have a stable relationship.
  • For most of the past decade, the Cold War Kids lineup has been stable.
    Peter Larsen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The girl was pronounced dead, while the boy was stable, police said.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 28 May 2023
  • This helps evenly emulsify the oil with the acid and keeps the emulsion stable longer.
    Casey Barber, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • That could change as the ice sheet itself becomes less stable.
    Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • First, the capsule will deploy a small drogue chute to keep itself stable.
    WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The others, three men and a woman, were in stable condition.
    CBS News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The family says the younger James is in stable condition and no longer in the intensive care unit.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • The 18-year-old son of the basketball superstar was in stable condition and out of the ICU on Tuesday, a spokesman said.
    Laine Higgins, WSJ, 25 July 2023
  • That is the only scenario where the world could be stable, sustainable and predictable.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Keep your legs and torso stable and bend your right elbow to pull the band backward until your hand reaches the right side of ribs.
    Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 11 May 2023
  • The second guard, who is 23, was in stable condition after being stabbed in the face and forearm.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • David Shih is excellent as Mitsuo, the stable’s lead wrestler.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Up first, both drivers got the chance to try out the most exciting (and powerful) model in the AMG stable, the record-setting One, in a slalom test.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The family's youngest child, 16-year-old Stephen Bragg, is in stable condition.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies took the young boy to the hospital in stable condition, said King.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Boyd said three of the injured victims were in critical condition and four were in stable.
    Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 7 May 2023
  • It's designed with silicone nubs on the bottom, making for a slip-free and stable workout.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
  • While sea ice had remained somewhat stable until 2016, things have gotten worse in the last seven years.
    Naomi Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The victim was stable and taken to a hospital, police said.
    Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The five layers of foam work together to keep your sleep cool, comfy, supportive, and stable.
    Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 30 Oct. 2023
  • He was last reported to be in stable condition as of Monday.
    David Zimmermann, Washington Examiner, 12 July 2023
  • Luna was taken to a hospital and was listed in stable condition at the time.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • On the fifth week, when Carter was stable enough to leave the neonatal intensive care unit, Alicia returned, but foster parents from Akron were the ones who took him home.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The boy is currently in a stable condition, according to the outlets.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
  • It's been a stable situation for the last several years.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Henkes says the restaurant industry is relying on higher prices to stay stable, while customers pay the price.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Ultimately, the two achieve happily stable monogamy, marry and move to the suburbs.
    Matt Stevens, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023

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