Example Sentences

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Her ethereal look masked her interior stoniness and likely facilitated her extraordinary powers of observation and reporting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

Her mentor Joel's reactions range from stoniness to an eventual groan of laughter which causes him to mumble, "I'm losing it."

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2023

Exquisitely balanced, it’s brimming with flavors of citrus and peach that seem to reach for the sky, and a taut stoniness that keeps it grounded.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2019

He is a 6-foot-2 spray of limbs and braids, blending the cool stoniness of early 1990s Snoop Dogg with the wide-eyed twitchiness of youth incarnate.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2018

They did not fight again until the relationship ended, but in the time of Blaines stoniness, when Ifemelu burrowed into herself and ate whole chocolate bars, her feelings for him changed.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie