stony

Example Sentences

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They sit in stony silence because they are watching their life’s work being systematically dismantled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

But it was his grittiest—and that’s all Indiana needed for its famously stony coach to drop the scowl.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

His world is the pastureland, the stony hills of the Jordan Valley, his sheep and cattle, the bed and breakfast he has opened.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

It's a pipe that snakes under the stony beach and out into the Atlantic, sucking up seawater and bringing it onshore.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

Lazlo looked at it, then turned to Thyon, who returned his stare with stony eyes.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor