stones

Example Sentences

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Like early hominids, birds craft sticks and stones into tools.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

We lost a huge chunk of bands that were the stepping stones for where we’re at now.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The monuments are of all types, including prehistoric burial mounds, Roman forts, early Christian carved stones and industrial mills.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Homo juluensis carefully struck smaller stones against larger stone cores to shape useful cutting flakes.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

It was a good place to swim, skip stones, fish, or float a small boat—if you watched out for rocks and didn’t mind the occasional snake.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney