: a cruel or ugly old woman
… chocolate-colored rock formations that look like giant toadstools, fat old crones, and creatures from a bad dream.—
Elaine Jarvik
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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Two crones in Budapest are lording over a cauldron of goulash right now discussing the game.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
Popular culture’s usual parade of toothless codgers and crones increasingly seemed obsolete.
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Two crones in Budapest are lording over a cauldron of goulash right now discussing the game.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
Popular culture’s usual parade of toothless codgers and crones increasingly seemed obsolete.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
As the moon passes through its phases, Ixchel passes through the phases of a woman’s life, from maiden to mother to crone.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
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 28 Apr. 2025.
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