etched in stone
Example Sentences
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"I don't think that many people believe that those numbers are etched in stone just yet," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
“I have nothing that’s truly etched in stone, except what is truly right,” Garvey said of his own ideology at the late-January debate hosted by Politico.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2024
The overall and bowl records would be etched in stone, with game No. 10,733 and bowl No. 313 in the hands of an eminently capable Washington team playing for a national championship.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024
We teach these little boilerplates, the ones that are etched in stone in Washington at his monument.
From New York Times • May 8, 2023
Butler’s features could have been etched in stone.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
