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also stoney
as in stern
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence
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Recent Examples of stony
Laughter was a bit more scattered than in my press and industry screening that morning, and the European couple next to me sat in stony silence for much of the movie.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
This wine oozes satiny delicacy with notes of ripe apple, citrus peel and beeswax but the vine age and soils lend the fruit a stony, serious complexity.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
These are stony, foreboding images that are nowhere near as sensuous as her previous abstractions.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 Sep. 2024
Exploring how my heart has gotten stony with regard to particular people.
—April Austin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2024
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
This wine oozes satiny delicacy with notes of ripe apple, citrus peel and beeswax but the vine age and soils lend the fruit a stony, serious complexity.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
These are stony, foreboding images that are nowhere near as sensuous as her previous abstractions.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 Sep. 2024
Exploring how my heart has gotten stony with regard to particular people.
—April Austin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stony
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Unable to find the individual, Bryan delivered a stern warning instead.Angel Saunders, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Montgomery based the story of Anne in part on her own upbringing, after her mother died and her father left her with her stern grandparents in Cavendish on the north shore of the island.Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
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That knowledge adds additional layers of defiance and bravery to this grim tale, which incorporates actual protest footage and video of police brutality to amplify the narrative’s verisimilitude.Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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Commentators speculated that numerous suppliers in the car industry would inevitably have to slash salaries in an already grim job market in the new year.Juliana Liu, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
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Her wife and now-teenage daughter stood by her throughout the process, despite ruthless coverage from Mexican and Spanish news outlets, some of which continue to misgender and deadname her to this day.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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The ruthless military officer with the monocle and the swagger stick who sends his men to senseless death and/or turns traitor.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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The combination of this injury, the failure to find the anticipated wealth and the overall harsh conditions faced by the expedition contributed to Coronado's eventual decision to return to Mexico City in 1542.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Avoid triggers: Identify and avoid known irritants, such as soap and laundry detergents containing fragrances or other harsh chemicals. Try an oatmeal bath: Oatmeal baths can soothe dry, itchy, irritated skin.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 27 Nov. 2024
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Up the long hill and around a bend that almost touches itself White Chimneys comes into view, as harsh and obdurate as ever.Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
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Over the next several hundred million years, terrestrial plants of all kinds profoundly altered the planet, accelerating the water cycle, turning obdurate crust into supple soil—and pushing the level of atmospheric oxygen to new heights.Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024
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This fall, a 16-foot-tall pigeon — its chest puffed out proudly, head high, not down pecking at some errant pizza crust, its pitiless red-eye gaze looking out over the traffic — will alight on the spur of the High Line that bridges Tenth Avenue at 30th Street.Carl Swanson, Curbed, 31 July 2024
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Drugged, kidnapped, and manacled while a pitiless killer wears her face.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 July 2024
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Tragedies like these were confrontations — merciless verbal duels in which two characters plead their case, go on the attack, try to take each other apart.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024
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And as long as that’s their take, merciless heckling of those umps should be, too.Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2024
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Another commenter urged the original poster to stand her ground, and suggested a practical approach in the midst of the tough situation.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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Still, eBay faces tough competition from the likes of Amazon, Walmart, Etsy, and Temu, among others.Trefis Team, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Stony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stony. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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