(n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.
(n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold.
(v. t.) To furnish with pews.
Example Sentences:
(1) A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that for most people, access to the internet without government censorship is important.
(2) The survey by the Pew Research Centre found that 18% now say that the US president is a Muslim, up from 11% in March 2009.
(3) Image: Courtesy of Pew Research Center The data also show why autocrats might have reason to fear open discussions in cyberspace.
(4) "Users clearly want the option of being anonymous online and increasingly worry that this is not possible," said Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet Project.
(5) Sometimes to do the right thing, you have to break a law.” In a Pew Research poll of Americans earlier this year 57% of 18 to 29-year-olds said Snowden’s leaks had served the public interest but respondents 65 and over disagreed.
(6) If it doesn’t, you know, most likely we’re not living what we’re supposed to be living.” Data from Pew released in anticipation of the pope’s US visit corroborates what Dr. Ospino is saying about “authentic Catholics” and US Latinos: unlike many of their white Catholic counterparts, “Latino Catholics tend to be more aligned with the church” and its views on a host of issues.
(7) The Pew survey of 1,511 adults was carried out over four days starting on the day after the first presidential TV debate last week.
(8) A recent Pew poll showed that 68% of people think privacy protections online don’t go far enough .
(9) Based on the findings of the new "Portrait of Jewish Americans" survey from the Pew Research Center , Republicans will need to find a different key.
(10) Pew also found that 68% of internet users think current laws are not protecting their privacy enough online, while 50% are worried about the amount of personal information about them that's online – up from 33% in a similar survey in 2009.
(11) According to the Pew Research Internet Project 22% of online African Americans are Twitter users, compared with 16% of online whites.
(12) My colleague guided me across the threshold into Ntarama church and steadied me on the first-row pew.
(13) Pew’s motivation for funding this work is a general concern that, in a climate of change in the media industry, different funding models are needed for modern journalism – particularly for science and environment reporting.
(14) According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Centre's Global Attitudes Project, 43% of Russian internet users regularly use Facebook and Twitter, up from 33% the year before.
(15) Research by Reuters found that Americans support Apple, while polling by Pew found that the public are on the side of the FBI , the complex topic and emotive language used on both sides often confusing respondents.
(16) I wish that I could just bask in the knowledge that the pope and the people in the pews share many of my views for a transformed church.
(17) Other leaders, though, are in the doghouse, Pew said: "Compounding their doubts about the Brussels-based European Union , Europeans are losing faith in the capacity of their own national leaders to cope with the economy's woes.
(18) Yet there he was grinning from a pew in Westminster Abbey, using the occasion to "represent my nation" and boost his presidential aura.
(19) But Pew's research also underscores the unfulfilled nature of Latino political power.
(20) Contrasting the Pew survey with Sidoti’s comments, a clear picture emerges: western millennials believe that we’re failures – immoral and irresponsible.
Stall
Definition:
(v. i.) A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.
(v. i.) A stable; a place for cattle.
(v. i.) A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
(v. i.) A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
(v. i.) A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
(v. i.) In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
(v. i.) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.
(v. t.) To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
(v. t.) To fatten; as, to stall cattle.
(v. t.) To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
(v. t.) To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.
(v. t.) To forestall; to anticipitate. Having
(v. t.) To keep close; to keep secret.
(v. i.) To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.
(v. i.) To kennel, as dogs.
(v. i.) To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
(v. i.) To be tired of eating, as cattle.
Example Sentences:
(1) No one has jobs,” said Annie, 45, who runs a street stall selling fried chicken and rice in the Matongi neighbourhood.
(2) Maybe it’s because they are skulking, sedentary creatures, tied to their post; the theatre critic isn’t going anywhere other than the stalls, and then back home to write.
(3) It’s a bright, simple space with wooden tables and high stalls and offers tastings and beer-making workshops.
(4) Nick Mabey, head of the E3G climate thinktank in London, said without US action there were risks talks would stall.
(5) Women in their 20s Christina Wallace , Director, Startup Institute of New York I do think the women's movement is stalled – especially since it's just not something my generation really thinks about.
(6) In March, the Tories reappointed their trusty old attack dogs, M&C Saatchi, to work alongside the lead agency, Euro RSCG, and M&C Saatchi's chief executive, David Kershaw, wasted no time in setting out his stall, saying: "It's a fallacy that online has replaced offline in terms of media communications."
(7) Progress on treaties underpinning nuclear disarmament – which have too long been stalled – has also recently begun to look more hopeful, with renewed prospects for achieving the entry into force of the comprehensive test ban treaty and for starting negotiations on a treaty to ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive purposes.
(8) Three age groups were used: stall fed yearlings, grazing heifers and lactating cows.
(9) Overseas, the recovery in the eurozone, the place that buys half of our exported goods and services, appears to have stalled.
(10) His department has extra funds available for the NHS in Northern Ireland after the A5 road project linking the Irish Republic to Derry via the western counties of the province was stalled.
(11) Add to this the fact that sows in China are almost certain to be kept in stalls.
(12) Too often the debate gets stalled in a maternal versus fetal rights headlock.
(13) The US said it had removed North Korea – once a member of George Bush's axis of evil – from the terror list to breathe life into the stalled nuclear negotiations and would continue to pressure Pyongyang to resolve the abduction issue.
(14) embed Even globe-straddling colossus Philip Morris International (PMI), owner of brands including Marlboro, has set its stall out for a “smoke-free” future, where nicotine addicts get their fix from vaping and other non-tobacco products.
(15) The chancellor's handling of the economy has come under scrutiny as the economy's tentative recovery in 2010 has stalled.
(16) "They will always create obstacles in order to prevent it, and every time we make some progress there is an incident that happens" He also called on the Obama administration to release Taliban commanders from Guantánamo Bay, so they could take part in a peace process that began and then stalled in Qatar earlier this year.
(17) Wider acknowledgement of the problem has not always translated into the practical action required to safeguard the lives, health and dignity of survivors of violence.” The report calls for the government to take action on promised reform, stalled legislation and police training.
(18) Thirty-one cases were managed surgically, 14 by external fixation, and six by stall confinement.
(19) "The nationalists will go to great lengths to try to prove there is a groundswell towards leaving the UK but the truth is that their campaign is stalled.
(20) Right now, policymakers will probably be more concerned by stalling eurozone growth than a headline inflation figure dragged down by commodity prices.