General Usage:
* The bread was stale and hard to chew.
* The news was stale and offered nothing new.
* Her jokes were stale and unfunny.
* The air in the room felt stale and stagnant.
* The arguments were stale and had been debated countless times before.
Figurative Usage:
* The old ideas were stale and needed to be replaced with new ones.
* The company's marketing strategy was stale and ineffective.
* Her creativity was stale and she needed inspiration.
Using "stale" in a more descriptive way:
* The stale air hung heavy in the room, thick with the smell of dust and mildew.
* He took a bite of the stale bread, its dryness crumbling in his mouth.
* The stale news report offered no fresh insights or perspectives.
In the context of "going stale":
* My enthusiasm for the project started to go stale after a few weeks.
* Their relationship had gone stale and lacked excitement.
* The food in the fridge was going stale and needed to be thrown out.
Remember that "stale" is usually used to describe something that has lost its freshness, either literally or figuratively.