through stone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of through stone
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Washington is a city obsessed with projecting power through stone, and littered with overinflated federal buildings of white marble dressed up with colonnades, pediments and porticos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Cracks slice through stone walls and floor tiles, houses have been reinforced and propped up by huge wooden beams, a construction company truck is parked in almost every driveway.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2022
“Like metal bursting through stone and brick,” said the tenant, Elena, 33, who declined to provide their last name.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2021
Within the stone walls of the medieval village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio, narrow lanes weave through stone arches, cobbled piazzas and overhanging buildings.
From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2016
They are soft eyes, and in repose are heavy, and they look through stone walls into space, far away—space where their dreams are realised and men and women live according to their theories.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir
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