solid as rock
Example Sentences
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They hasten from the east In unending files; Their arrows speed like lightning; Their chargers are shod with swiftness; Their chariots are solid as rock.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
He made a mere air seem solid as rock.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various
Old as it was, not a board creaked, not a banister shook—the whole felt solid as rock.
From The Portent & Other Stories by MacDonald, George
The stream was broad, rapid, turbid, but the bottom solid as rock.
From Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life by King, Charles
The frozen lake, on which the ice was three feet thick and solid as rock, was like a vast, smooth bed, covered with a white counterpane.
From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Van Dyke, Henry
