stone-blind
Americanadjective
adjective
Synonym Usage
See blind.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stone-blind
1325–75; Middle English (north) staneblynde; see stone, blind
Example Sentences
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The late, great Joseph Pulitzer, founder of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, suffered all his life from weak eyes, was stone-blind when he died in 1911.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the second week, everyone knew perfectly well what was going on, yet everyone tried to look as if they were stone-blind to the changes in Jo’s face.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
By the second week, every one knew perfectly well what was going on, yet every one tried to look as if they were stone-blind to the changes in Jo's face.
From Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Alcott, Louisa May
The time went by; Trentanove went stone-blind, and I had to put food and drink into his hands that he might live.
From The Frozen Pirate by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)
Papa need not imagine that I have a bad cold or am stone-blind from this description, which is the whole truth.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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