Staking the young trees carefully prevents them from being uprooted by strong winds.

The staking of the vampire required both courage and precision.

On the final hand at the table, he chose to raise the stakes by pushing ten red chips into the pot, forcing callers to match his bet.

Every night, the detective stakes out the alley to catch the thief.

The detective staked out the suspect's apartment for three nights to gather evidence.

Local historians discovered a hidden cellar filled with old torture stakes, rusted and splintered from centuries of neglect.

The miners rushed in to stake a claim on the newly exposed riverbed before anyone else arrived.

During the ceremony, the elders placed the stakes of Zion at the four corners of the sacred ground.

The crew unloaded several heavy stake-drivers from the truck before beginning to fence the pasture.

At dawn, a stake-driver stood motionless among the reeds, its booming call echoing across the marsh.