stony
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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
Yapp was flung into the air by her players while Mitchell's stony post-match delivery didn't match his upbeat words.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025
In the years since they were dug, their surface has sunk into the dry, stony earth.
From BBC • May 7, 2025
Fernanda never found out, nor did she take the trouble to, whether that stony silence was a determination of her will or whether she had become mute because of the impact of the tragedy.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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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