stone-cold
adjective
completely cold
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stone coldUnfeeling, insensible, as in That sad story left her stone cold. This analogy was already used by Shakespeare in Henry V (2:3): “Cold as any stone.”
stone-cold
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Why lean into Curry’s “nice guy” off-court image when the man is a stone-cold killer on the court?
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2025
This latest war of words adds to the pair's tumultuous feud, with Trump in 2019 calling the mayor "a stone-cold loser" and Sir Sadiq accusing him of stirring up far-right politics.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
Through that rigorous run, Tinsley evolved from a fresh-faced leader into a stone-cold ace, while Terry transformed from an untested freshman to a rising star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
Plus, coming into “Dune: Prophecy” as a stone-cold uninitiate is a challenge for which the script compensates using a combination of summary via narration and a brief, expository title card.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2024
The soup was stone-cold, but he drank half of it in one gulp.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
Michael Jackson’s celebrity is so blinding, his music so compelling, that it cloaks him with an almost impenetrable shield from the truth: He was a stone cold pedophile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
“To be 21 years old coming in and be stone cold at the plate - I’ve never seen someone come up here and not chase pitches around the zone.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
“To be 21 years old coming in and be stone cold at the plate — I’ve never seen someone come up here and not chase pitches around the zone.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2023
Ms Hills says there was no heating on the ward, and the radiators were "stone cold".
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2022
The outdoor fire pit—an elevated ring of rocks surrounded by lawn chairs—was stone cold.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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