cast a stone at

Example Sentences

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I don’t want to cast a stone at Chrissie Hynde — just at that one particular statement.

From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2015

"He that is without sin among you," he finally declared, "let him first cast a stone at her."

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2015

We are not all expected to be Damiens; a man may conceive his duty more narrowly, he may love his comforts better; none will cast a stone at him for that.

From Time Magazine Archive

"That no man should cast a stone at his brother; that when one composes long speeches, with a view to shame his neighbors, he should speak them to a looking-glass."

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

"The rogue who cast a stone at your horse?"

From The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)