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stony
adjective as in hard, icy in appearance, response
Example Sentences
She said the December update claiming that the backlog would be cleared by the end of February made her "hopeful", but that since then she has been met with a "stony silence".
Are the Oscars more important, more intimidating than mocking Washington big shots to their often stony faces?
The stony, terse comedy “Universal Language” has all the wind, snow and monotony one might envision in Manitoba, especially for those who’ve yet to make the trip.
He was told it had been discovered at 18:20 on 24 September on stony ground at the bottom of a drop.
On any day, migrants might be illegally crossing the border nearby, breaching a fence that starts, stops and varies in height, a product of shifting politics and stony slopes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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