stone
noun
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
have stoned
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present perfectof stone.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Had the telegraph been invented in the days of ancient Rome, would the Romans have accepted it, or have stoned Wheatstone?
From The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope
Owing to the bitter feeling prevalent against the Royalists, she feared to show herself, for she had been so intimately associated with the dissipations of the nobility, the people would have stoned her.
From The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow by Robert Grant
And those who choose to record their names in opposition are free to do so, as are also the tribe of persecutors who in all ages have stoned the prophets.
From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter
Then, when the people would have stoned Simon Magus, Peter said: He is in pain enough, knowing him to be overcome in his heart; our master hath taught us for to do good for evil.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Philip P. Wells
And in this rock he set him when the Jews would have stoned him; and a star came down and gave him light.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville
