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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)

Somewhere in that stony-hearted wilderness she is at rest.

From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock




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