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stony-hearted

[stoh-nee-hahr-tid] / ˈstoʊ niˈhɑr tɪd /




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It’s sad and stony-hearted that the Lakers should unload LeBron James, recoup resources, unload his albatross-like salary, and build a championship contender bolstered by Luka Doncic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

However, you'dbe stony-hearted indeed not to watch this on the edge of tears throughout.

From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2012

Right on schedule, Nixon delivered his TV speech�which even stony-hearted critics ruled as the best of his political career.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beyond the next turning stood King's Bench Prison, where Micawber was incarcerated by his stony-hearted creditors, and beyond this again we come to the tabernacle where Spurgeon preached.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

He had seen the convulsions of the stony-hearted squire in the midst of his fetters, he had seen the tender child collapse beneath the touch of the horrible virago, and he had fulfilled his mission.

From The Day of Wrath by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)




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