stone
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Bolton then visited Tenby museum and noticed that there was a small collection of stone tools from the cave.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Unlike in most mythological tales, the white Corinthian columns have been swapped out for brutal stone architecture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
As the 14th hole sank into the sea, contractors erected a stone structure to protect it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“But we are not looking at only one, we are looking at all three, because we cannot leave any stone unturned if we want to survive and continue to provide our vital public service.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
‘And where is the creature with the stone mouth?’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
"We show that enculturated chimpanzees can distinguish crystals from other stones," said lead author Prof Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, an Ikerbasque Research Professor on crystallography at the Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastián.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Even after the researchers added pyrite and calcite crystals, each with different shapes from quartz, the chimpanzees still recognized and selected the crystal type stones.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
That includes Rabban Aalam, who loads crushed stones for transport to construction sites on the outskirts of New Delhi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
“All we can do is pull out stones and rubble with our hands. We need help. People are very afraid.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Tomorrow morning, come to the river’s edge, where the stepping stones are,” he instructed her.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Muslim faithful ritually stoned the devil on Wednesday in the climactic ceremony of a hajj pilgrimage held in intense heat and against the backdrop of a war that has plunged the wealthy Gulf into crisis.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
The first Sunday service after the arrests, streamed from pastors outside the mainland, included a meditation on the biblical account of Stephen, the first-century disciple stoned to death for his faith.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
“I have been convicted and sacrificed and crucified and stoned without a trial and without the option to defend myself.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2025
The costumes are shining because the seamstress stoned them.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
But the more I thought about the whole affair, the faster I walked, till finally I was almost trotting, as if any minute I half-expected to be stoned from all directions.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Jackson’s lottery stoning takes place on a sunny June day, in contrast to the apocalyptic storm’s nighttime arrival on “Widow’s Bay,” forcing everyone into an underground shelter.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
After Mount Arafat, pilgrims will spend the night in Muzdalifah, where they will collect pebbles for the symbolic "stoning of the devil" ritual in Mina, starting on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
What’s funny about the inspiration is that I had a whole ’nother outfit planned, and with the help of a friend, she’s stoning some things for me, but that didn’t come through today.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
After sunset Tuesday, pilgrims head to a nearby desert plain called Muzdalifa to collect pebbles, which they will use the next day in a ritual of symbolically stoning the devil at Mina.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
My mother left China in the winter of 1939, almost six months after the stoning, and arrived in New York Harbor in January, 1940.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Vocabulary lists containing stone
