lithic

Example Sentences

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The other burns lithic landscapes, which is to say, biomass buried and turned to stone in the geologic past.

From Slate • May 16, 2016

Another name for a lithic wacke is greywacke.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

His research interests include archaeological methods, lithic analysis, and the origins of modern culture.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 24, 2012

All of her ash was lithic, old stony stuff created from her own edifice.

From Scientific American • Jul. 7, 2012

He sank into a chair at the table, lumpishly, as if his limbs had grown thick and lithic, while she poured out a cup of tea and cut some ham.

From The Judge by West, Rebecca