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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
Stepping onto the platform of the railway station, the stony walls of West Yorkshire flashed it immediately back to me.
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Emily Van Duyne
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
The palate showcases green apple notes, with crisp acidity and a stony, minerally finish—a precise, refined, and structured sparkling wine.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
He was met with stony silence from Weinstein for both personal and business reasons.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 10 June 2025
So the stony face and downbeat tone were no real surprise.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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Emily Van Duyne
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
The palate showcases green apple notes, with crisp acidity and a stony, minerally finish—a precise, refined, and structured sparkling wine.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
He was met with stony silence from Weinstein for both personal and business reasons.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 10 June 2025
So the stony face and downbeat tone were no real surprise.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for stony
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stony
Adjective
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Those hoping to snatch a home in this busy period faced limited options on the market, as the country’s developers had chronically underbuilt compared to demand in the years following the subprime mortgage crisis, leading to ruthless bidding wars and climbing home values.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Hedda orchestrates a ruthless game of manipulation, where lust, jealousy and betrayal collide.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Just clean, merciless, fundamental football.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Chat members were merciless in their rhetoric against fellow Young Republicans in competing factions of the organization.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Developed by scientists at TU Delft, the algorithm can help perform tasks at hard-to-reach infrastructure, like offshore wind turbines.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Creatures crawling out of gunk, their legs extending, their toe-webs rescinding, amoebic eyes getting harder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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According to the woman, her parents’ reasoning for denying her requests was rooted in a harsh lesson about independence.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Instead of buying special cleaners or reaching for harsh chemicals to clean around your home, look to your medicine cabinet for a solution.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But Vučić has remained obdurate.—
Hanna Begić,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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Most of these initiatives met obdurate resistance from more powerful sectors of the state, and by the end of Khatami’s second term, in 2005, the reform movement had lost much of its momentum.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Stony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stony. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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