'stone' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'stone' with 20 example sentences.
- stone adjective
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: of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
- stone noun
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: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
: building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
: an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
: the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
: a lack of feeling or expression or movement
- stone verb
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: kill by throwing stones at
: remove the pits from
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Who threw a stone at my dog?
The road is blocked by stones fallen from a nearby rock.
I found a stone shaped like a heart.
That way we kill two birds with one stone.
In water, wood will float and stone will sink.
He threw a stone at the dog.
What kind of stone is this?
He tried in vain to lift up the stone.
The drug gave me kidney stones.
This stone is twice as heavy as that one.
The house is made of stone.
He threw a stone into the pond.
I had a kidney stone.
Please move this stone from here to there.
I threw a stone at the bird.
The future isn't written in stone.
He tripped over a stone.
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.