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
Shortly after his home-coming his mother died and his father became stone-blind.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
It only shows how easy it is to see a fault in another, to which we are stone-blind in ourselves.
From Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century by Ware, William
"Let's have it, then; what is your evidence?" demanded Edenborough, in a fresh fit of stone-blind defiance.
From The Crime Doctor by Hornung, Ernest William
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