stony
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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
Forgotten animal pens, decaying cages and stony backdrops now sit in various states of abandonment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 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 audience, which included a huge number of world leaders, sat in stony silence.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Before he could second-guess himself, Peter hurled his pack and then his crutches up and heard them clatter onto a stony ledge.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
Vocabulary lists containing stony
The Crucible
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The Secret Garden
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"Lift Every Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson
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