turn to stone
Example Sentences
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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
It is disheartening to watch this gentle, hapless young man slowly turn to stone.
From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2016
And the whole time I was chasing things, I was thinking that Otis must be some kind of snake charmer, the way he could play his guitar and make all the animals turn to stone.
From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
