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

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

Speaking to Beijing News, a resident who lives about 1km away from the factory said villagers now have to take detours after stones were blasted onto the road.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Jonathan took off his shoes and socks and waded in ankle-deep, curling his toes around the small stones that covered the lake bottom.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret