How to Use stalk in a Sentence

stalk

1 of 2 noun

• If these stalks are dead in their tops so are the buds.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
• Use those stalks for good in this fresh and rich corn dip.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
• Mushrooms have a stalk and cap.
  — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
• Look for crisp stalks and tightly closed tips.
  — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Apr. 2026
• Look for tight, green florets and a firm stalk.
  — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Apr. 2026
• Save the stalks for soup and the fronds for garnish.
  — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
• To make this snack, rinse and slice celery stalks.
  — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2025
• Some big bulbs send up two to three stalks to flower.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
• The stalks have a bunch of buttons now and roller knobs.
  — Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 June 2026
• Search for firm, juicy stalks of lemongrass that are heavy for their size.
  — Diep Tran, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
• For second-year plants, cut back the stalk and then dig up the roots.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
• But these stalks are not the only food that can change the scent of your urine.
  — Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
• The stalks should be firm and smooth, other than the tiny petal leaves that emerge.
  — Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
• Leave leaves, and leave seedheads and stalks, Shad urged.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
• Cut the fading flower stalk back to the first set of leaves.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
• Bunch the stalks in groups and tie them together with twine.
  — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
• One seeks the dead, the other stalks the living.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
• Any new growth will quickly cover the cut stalks.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
• Serve garnished with a lemon or lime wedge or a celery stalk.
  — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
• Each flower lasts for just one day—hence the name—but there are many on each stalk.
  — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 18 Apr. 2023
• The spindly, 18-inch-tall stalk has tiny white flowers.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
• Weave the bait through lily stalks and be ready for reaction strikes.
  — Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
• Light-green grass with tiny buds sprouting in between the stalks.
  — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
• Look for stalks that feel firm, tender, and well-colored.
  — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026
• The stalks are slightly sweet, while the leaves are earthy and bitter.
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
• The stalks are slightly sweet, while the leaves are earthy and bitter.
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 27 June 2026
• Its petals turn brown, its stalk droops, and the plant disappears.
  — Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
• New spikes don’t rebloom on the same flower stalk but on new growth.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
• Bright red and round, with a hook-like stalk, the peppers hang like beads from each plant.
  — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
• The petiole is where the base or stalk of the leaf connects to the stem.
  — Lauren David, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026

stalk

2 of 2 verb

• This is the time of year when hunters are stalking the woods for deer.
• She angrily stalked out of the room.
• She called the police because her ex-boyfriend was stalking her.
• Lowry, for his part, does like to stalk.
  — Kim Bellware The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2025
• Not sure which stalks to buy or how to store them?
  — Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
• She was stalked and harassed and blamed her ex.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 1 May 2026
• Stuck aboard with her is a Xenomorph that stalks you for most of the game.
  — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
• Kind of stalking toward us through the brush.
  — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
• Eclipse fear has long stalked our species in one form or another.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
• Knick and Bill stalked a good buck but couldn’t get within range.
  — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
• The coyote lost its interest in us and stalked on.
  — Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
• And sure enough, then a lion starts stalking the zebra.
  — AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
• Long-distance bills could stalk even a family with steady jobs.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
• Deadhead spent blooms by cutting the flower stalks down to just above a strong leaf.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
• As my daughter’s face paled, and a man in a clown mask stalked the aisles, panic seized my limbs.
  — Christa Carmen, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
• This 70-million-year-old predator didn’t stalk herds on the plains.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
• Three leathery older women stalked through the halls.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
• Or maybe Old Green Eyes is also the ghost cat that stalks the woods.
  — Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
• Kerouac gathered it up in a huff, claimed it would never be edited, and stalked out.
  — Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
• Someone else’s sleeping self is stalked by a gangling figure bathed in blood.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• The consolation of an evening mint tea and hookah was precious to those stalked by fear all day.
  — Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
• The angry cow stalked back and forth, responding to her calf’s distress calls.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 19 Oct. 2023
• With deer lying tight in the thickets along the streams, stalking mistakes would be easy to make.
  — Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
• There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2023
• The two women were both found guilty by a federal grand jury of stalking.
  — Logan Smith, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
• Young stalked to the sideline and slammed his helmet to the ground after Canales tried to talk to him.
  — Joseph Person, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
• The story is set in a town in rural France as strangers begin to stalk the houses.
  — Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 14 Mar. 2023
• Here was what appeared to be a rip crew, a local gang that stalked smuggling trails and stole from migrants or guides.
  — Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• Falco knew about its lore, how a panther once stalked the community for months.
  — Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 8 Feb. 2026
• The stalking charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023