They show by degrees the gradual, and then the rapid, Staling of Rosalie's fond sympathies.
"This Freedom"
A. S. M. Hutchinson
Belong to t'other zide o' the moor, and come Staling shape to our zide.
"Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor"
R. D. Blackmore
But when little Annie came strolling out to enjoy the never-Staling delight of seeing the headlong rush of each calf in turn to its mammy, the old Hottentot looked down at her and begun without further warning.
"Old Hendrik's Tales"
Arthur Owen Vaughan