turn to stone
Example Sentences
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Take one look at Medusa, and you’ll turn to stone.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2021
Was the tail of that airplane adorned with a Gorgon so realistic that anyone who gazed upon it would turn to stone?
From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2020
And then I looked at him, at this man who in a previous life I might have liked or even loved—and watched him turn to stone.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 8, 2019
Say the word, say the number, and turn to stone.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2018
People were always doing that—like if they looked down at my torso for longer than a split second, they would turn to stone.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
