"This next one is what we call a stony-iron meteorite.". From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
In the half-light his face was as still as a wax mannequins, his eyes unblinking, his expression stony. From Wordnik.com. [The House at Riverton] Reference
If you believe in stony men they'll skewer your smile. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Works of a Hermit Crab Written on Shells, Stones and Scales.] Reference
I see a government that sits at the top in stony silence. From Wordnik.com. [Blitzer: Most explosive charges I can remember] Reference
He bowed slightly, his expression stony, his eyes insolent. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Desire]
Then, his expression stony, he turned and strode briskly away. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Expectations]
Why did she stand there like a forlorn outcast, in stony despair?. From Wordnik.com. [Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice] Reference
President Obama sat in stony silence, stared at Gibson and refused to answer. From Wordnik.com. [What creeps these people are!] Reference
His eyes seemed to dig into her face, his expression stony but with an odd undercoating of nervousness to it. From Wordnik.com. [Angelmass]
His eyes were cold when he looked at her, his expression stony, and that had nothing to do with his grief or his anger. From Wordnik.com. [The Lioness]
When thou art overthrown in stony places thou wilt be glad to hear those words which in thy prosperity thou wouldst not hear, Ps. cxli. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
His expression grew stony as he crossed his arms over his chest. From Wordnik.com. [A Hellion in Her Bed] Reference
I repeated, rising and facing him with what he afterwards described as a stony glare. From Wordnik.com. [That Affair Next Door] Reference
6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
The other class consists of the stony meteorites, and between them there are the so-called stony irons. From Wordnik.com. [infoplease - Daily Almanac] Reference
"Most of them have the roughest kind of stony paths.". From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck] Reference
“Which gets us nowhere,” Mrs. Forrester said with a kind of stony triumph. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
Spock One said, with a kind of stony ruefulness nobody but a man half Vulcan and half human could even have felt, let alone expressed. From Wordnik.com. [Spock Must Die]
"This," Corky said with finality, "is called a stony meteorite. From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
He stood upright, looking at Robert with a kind of stony dignity. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark House] Reference
This body differs very much from the more ordinary kind of stony meteorite. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Heavens] Reference
"And it was you," muttered Sam, with a kind of stony wonder, "who advised me just now to let my son run wild!". From Wordnik.com. [Shining Ferry] Reference
She received stony, uncharitable glares in return. From Wordnik.com. [At The Baby P Trial] Reference
I don't think they're tools of the stony-hearted, the coldhearted. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
For the most part, the audience just stared back in stony silence. From Wordnik.com. [TALKING THE TALK] Reference
This home for wings despite the glance, the stony hrumph that condescends —. From Wordnik.com. [Revenge poem for Sara, following her disparaging remarks about my unfamiliarity with the literary history of the East Coast] Reference
Even the topography in the rise of its stony hills calls forth the spiritual. From Wordnik.com. [Jordi Savall: Tracing Jerusalem's History In Music] Reference
We retreated into a stony silence punctuated by ugly middle-of-the night arguments. From Wordnik.com. [Mortgage and Marriage Modification] Reference
Malvo had sat in stony silence, but Muhammad was beginning to answer a few questions. From Wordnik.com. [Descent Into Evil] Reference
An accomplished passive-aggressive, Fin greets most of their advances with stony silence. From Wordnik.com. [What's The Big Deal?] Reference
Right before we were to go on stage, we stood in stony silence as Didi twirled in a circle. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Name Buttons] Reference
We are relearning in Iraq how difficult it is to root democracy in especially stony social soil. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEW MATH: 28 + 35 = 43] Reference
Warfield is at the wheel, and he has a stony expression, so I make a sign of the cross for him. From Wordnik.com. [Hello, My Name Is James, And I Am An Asshole] Reference
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