stale with

Examples (10)

• The atmosphere was stale with cigarette smoke.
• The air in the small, unventilated room quickly became stale with the lingering smell of old food.
• After months of working on the same project, his enthusiasm grew stale with the lack of fresh challenges.
• The old books in the attic were stale with the scent of dust and forgotten memories.
• Her arguments felt stale with repetition, failing to convince anyone.
• The political debate became stale with predictable rhetoric and no new proposals.
• The closed-up house smelled stale with disuse and dampness.
• His jokes, once funny, were now stale with overuse.
• The air in the crowded subway car was stale with human breath and a hint of exhaust.
• The bread, left uncovered, went stale with exposure to the dry air.