stone

Example Sentences

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In class, we arrive at “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” and my students’ quiet fascination with Didion turns to stone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Alongside materials recovered from the site that are to be reused, more than 100 tonnes of stone were delivered by helicopter earlier this year in preparation.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

In December, a stone highway marker honoring Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, suddenly appeared in Marion Square, planted alongside a major thoroughfare in a hub of picnics, farmers markets and celebrations in Charleston, S.C.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The building features giant stone letters on the top spelling out part of a speech that Obama gave in 2015 in Selma, Alabama, the cradle of the civil rights movement.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The rock that formed this side of the gap was not, as she had thought, a part of the cave itself, but merely a tongue of stone that jutted from the earth floor.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver