solid as rock
Example Sentences
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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
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
It was as solid as rock in place––just as if the whole mountain had slipped!”
From The Plunderer by Duer, Douglas
The walls at the end of the passage were as solid as rock, and they responded dully to the stroke of the hammer.
From The House of a Thousand Candles by Nicholson, Meredith
