Stone

[ UK /stˈə‍ʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈstoʊn/ ]
NOUN
  1. United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
  2. United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
  3. United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
  4. United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
  5. United States architect (1902-1978)
  6. United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
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How To Use Stone In A Sentence

  • A few fields have the remains of small sunken stone dwellings, intimate as those at Skara Brae.
  • An empty plastic 2 litre bottle is tied to a rock, or bag of stones with strong twine or string.
  • The Chief Inspector has suggested a complete overhaul of the good book, reducing it to a pacier 250 pages, a greater focus on “Floods and brimstone and other cool stuff” and a possible rewrite by Dan Brown to “Sex the whole thing up a bit.” Archive 2008-10-01
  • Thus, the power of drawing iron is one of the ideas of the complex one of that substance we call a loadstone; and a power to be so drawn is a part of the complex one we call iron: which powers pass for inherent qualities in those subjects. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
  • Brandt was the impresario who had discovered Carly Simon and unleashed the Rolling Stones on America.
  • The walls were built from stones taken from nearby hills.
  • Another category of vessels and flatware was distinguished by the use of precious stones or exotic materials, such as coral, mother-of-pearl, or coconut shell.
  • The air smells like moist potting soil, the skin of potatoes… the damp chalk of limestone.
  • It found itself subjected to harsh rain it was ill equipped for, dissolving the sandstone facades of it's buildings slowly, even as the people chose not to lift their eyes and notice it.
  • The field is still popularly associated more with tents than texts: stones, bones, and potsherds.
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