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

"People didn't react like 'oh what a great guy', it was the opposite of that. It was a stony silence. There seemed to be so little connection with the UK, which struck me as odd."

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Much of the action takes place inside Perpetual Fortitude’s stony walls but cleverly, the weather outside shifts along with the mood.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

She found, and thanked Heaven for it, that a cold, stony rage had entered her.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin