stony-hearted
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- stony-heartedly adverb
- stony-heartedness noun
- stonyheartedness noun
Etymology
Origin of stony-hearted
First recorded in 1560–70; stony ( def. ) + hearted ( def. )
Example Sentences
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However, you'dbe stony-hearted indeed not to watch this on the edge of tears throughout.
From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2012
Right on schedule, Nixon delivered his TV speech�which even stony-hearted critics ruled as the best of his political career.
From Time Magazine Archive
She wasn’t reconciled to his marriage; she didn’t care to receive Anna; she implied that regardless of Mr. Starkweather’s express wishes, Henry was a stony-hearted ingrate for remaining so long abroad.
From Rope by Hall, Holworthy
William was wearing his most grave and stony-hearted expression.
From Stories from English History by Skae, Hilda T.
Of all the protean forms of misery that meet us in the bosom of that "stony-hearted stepmother, London," there is none that appeals so directly to our sympathies as the spectacle of a destitute child.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice
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