turn to stone
Example Sentences
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Well, if you know the Hobbit, when trolls encounter sunlight, they turn to stone.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2022
Was the tail of that airplane adorned with a Gorgon so realistic that anyone who gazed upon it would turn to stone?
From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2020
And then I looked at him, at this man who in a previous life I might have liked or even loved—and watched him turn to stone.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 8, 2019
Say the word, say the number, and turn to stone.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2018
If it were not for the constant renewal and replacement going on before your eyes, the whole place would turn to stone and sand under your feet.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
