stony
Example Sentences
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The colors offer precious flashes of charm in this novel’s harsh, stony setting.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
They sit in stony silence because they are watching their life’s work being systematically dismantled.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
His world is the pastureland, the stony hills of the Jordan Valley, his sheep and cattle, the bed and breakfast he has opened.
From BBC • May 11, 2025
It's a pipe that snakes under the stony beach and out into the Atlantic, sucking up seawater and bringing it onshore.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
He snivels and squints into the distance, searching the stony brown hills.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
Vocabulary lists containing stony
The Crucible
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The Secret Garden
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"Lift Every Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson
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