verb
definition
To cease motion, activity, or progress:
Examples of stagnate in a Sentence
Our village life would stagnate if it were not for the unexplored forests and meadows which surround it.
All the sluices should be substantially built at first with stones and mortar, to prevent the leakage of water; for, should water from a leak be permitted to find its way into the meadow, that portion of it will stagnate and produce coarse grasses.
Urine will stagnate there and eventually cause infection.
Security, or the illusion of security, leads them to stagnate in a relationship.
My feeling is that prices will dip and then stagnate for 5-10 years.
A deep stratum through which water can percolate, but in which it can never stagnate, is therefore necessary.
After their passage the Adriatic question was again allowed to stagnate, the Powers resuming their negative attitude, while advocating direct discussion between the two parties.
Start with 10-12 reps per set, but feel free to alternate with heavier weight/lower reps and lighter weight/more reps (6-8 reps and 12-15 reps, respectively) to make sure the muscles don't stagnate.
Imagine how unpleasant stagnant air or water can be, likewise if we stagnate we feel unpleasant.
We do want to move forward, not stagnate !
If you stagnate eventually you will be shown the door and be taken from your friends anyway.
Aid does have positive effects on growth, yet aid donors have mysteriously overlooked this positive potential and allowed Africa to stagnate for decades.
Sharp corners on furniture deplete Chi and empty corners cause Chi to stagnate.
We do want to move forward, not stagnate!
As an athlete you should always be aiming to advance your physical capacities, adding a maintenance phase will only stagnate your progression.
At all costs, you must fight your relationship's potential to stagnate.
They give their customers flexibility, while providing a balanced diet that never becomes stagnate.
Without war the world would stagnate and lose itself in materialism."
Clutter and dust bunnies that reside under most people's beds cause chi to slow down and eventually stagnate.
You should not block windows because it causes chi to stagnate in the room because it cannot freely flow in and out.