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also stoney
as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence
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Recent Examples of stony
In a vast stony tract of desert a three-hour drive south of Cairo, tucked between jagged black mountains and the glittering Gulf of Suez, a group of Chinese engineers is quietly rewiring Egypt’s energy strategy.
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Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
Hikers can traverse the stony beds of Cliffy Creek and snap photos of the park's four iconic waterfalls.
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Joie Probst,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
But his landscape paintings of the stony canyons and craggy cliffs that define this part of the country seem to be everywhere these days.
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Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
High Street began to slope upward, and the terrain became stonier around the sides of the road as Revere and his horse, Brown Beauty, ascended Rock Hill.
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Kostya Kennedy,
Time,
16 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for stony
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
Hikers can traverse the stony beds of Cliffy Creek and snap photos of the park's four iconic waterfalls.
—
Joie Probst,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
But his landscape paintings of the stony canyons and craggy cliffs that define this part of the country seem to be everywhere these days.
—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
High Street began to slope upward, and the terrain became stonier around the sides of the road as Revere and his horse, Brown Beauty, ascended Rock Hill.
—
Kostya Kennedy,
Time,
16 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for stony
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stony
Adjective
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Natural selection is usually ruthless about weeding out traits with no function.
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Supergirl builds to a final showdown with Krem of the Yellow Hills, the ruthless Brigands leader who murdered Ruthye’s family and poisoned Krypto early in the film.
Adjective
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The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
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Humility is the posture; the standard is merciless.
Adjective
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In the days leading up to his show, Chavarria and his team were hard at work in his make-shift studio in the 6th arrondissement.
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Closing a chapter, not the relationships For Sevy, the hardest part is closing this chapter with the people who made the place feel like home.
Adjective
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White settlers and frontier pioneers built vast, fenceless cattle stations, battling harsh environments and disease, embracing a hard-living culture that exists to this day.
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Dish Soap Using harsh chemicals on the outside of your toilet bowl and fixtures is not recommended, according to Meagher.
Adjective
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Possibly this was the case at élite law schools in the nineteen-nineties, where even the most obdurate deans could not afford to ignore their militant students indefinitely.
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Iran, with its massive military capabilities, its oil wealth, its appetite for regional hegemony and its obdurate Islamism may have been the foremost obstacle to Israel’s integration into the region since 1979.
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“Stony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stony. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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