stones

Example Sentences

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Shake a bucket of gravel and larger stones will rise to the top as smaller grains sink below.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

With red-studded stones wrapped across both hands, the actress told the BBC the look had been in development since the beginning of the year.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The city removes the remaining stones to the edge of the park.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Among those stones was the fossil, which was later donated to the Australian Museum in Sydney.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

His words drop from his lips like stones, their weight practically makes divots in the snow.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam