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stony-hearted

[stoh-nee-hahr-tid] / ˈstoʊ niˈhɑr tɪd /




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It’s sad and stony-hearted that the Lakers should unload LeBron James, recoup resources, unload his albatross-like salary, and build a championship contender bolstered by Luka Doncic.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2026

However, you'dbe stony-hearted indeed not to watch this on the edge of tears throughout.

From The Guardian Jun. 27, 2012

Even the most stony-hearted were touched by the awfulness of this great calamity.

From Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 by Anonymous

Mine were all the rights of social intercourse that India, stony-hearted step-mother of Collectors, has swindled us out of.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling

For the stony-hearted turncock's gone and cut his water off!

From Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch by F. Anstey




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