: a cruel or ugly old woman
… chocolate-colored rock formations that look like giant toadstools, fat old crones, and creatures from a bad dream.—
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Elaine JarvikExamples of crone in a Sentence
The old crone lived alone.
a run-down house that was inhabited by a cantankerous crone who kept to herself
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The family had only one inside servant, Mai Viro, an ancient crone with a bead of sweat perpetually on her upper lip, who washed and carried and ruled the household from the kitchen and might in her sleep have pedalled a generator to provide electricity, if that had been required.
—Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
There on the bare table sat Sister Wang, naked, like a crone from a tale.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Lisa is dancing the Godmother, a kind of a midwife crone who puts other people before herself, always beside them.
—Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Though the character is traditionally played as a cackling crone, she'll be glammed up for Wednesday.
—EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
There on the bare table sat Sister Wang, naked, like a crone from a tale.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Lisa is dancing the Godmother, a kind of a midwife crone who puts other people before herself, always beside them.
—Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Though the character is traditionally played as a cackling crone, she'll be glammed up for Wednesday.
—EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crone
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“Crone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crone. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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