She gave him a stony stare. the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence
Recent Examples on the WebSuch trees, gnarly and stout, can live for hundreds of years on the harsh, stony landscape of the higher elevations. Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post, 3 June 2022 Gagosian’s concerns were echoed by several curators known to write widely on Basquiat’s work, who have greeted the Orlando museum’s show with a stony public silence.New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022 Martha returns to work just three weeks later with no explanation, just cool, stony defiance. Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2021 Additionally, Itokawa was a bright, stony object, with a very different history and scientific potential from dark, carbonaceous asteroids such as Bennu. Dante S. Lauretta, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2016 Located roughly 10 miles north of the town of Strawberry in Coconino National Forest, the stony peninsula juts out over the eastern edge of Fossil Springs Wilderness. Mare Czinar, azcentral, 29 May 2020 The senators watched, with stony faces, as Mr. Schiff spoke. Lindsay Wise, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2020 Outbreaks of stony coral tissue loss disease, first noticed off Miami in 2014, have spread as far as Cozumel, the Caribbean region, and have baffled marine biologists.sun-sentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2019 Outbreaks of stony coral tissue loss disease, first noticed off Miami in 2014, have spread as far as Cozumel, the Caribbean region, and have baffled marine biologists.USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2019 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of stony was before the 12th century