How to Use hard stone in a Sentence

hard stone

noun
  • Lee and Winslet present us with the image of a hard stone to crack.
    — Armond White, National Review, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Unlike a hard stone, Wilson’s voice is warm, like a low soothing hum with a touch of soul.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 June 2018
  • Your recklessness with your life produced in me a worry that sat like a small, hard stone in my belly.
    — Maria Zorn, Longreads, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The artists would have rubbed down the surface of the stone slab with a harder stone, like quartzite, until the surface was smooth.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2017
  • Over eons, the softer sedimentary rocks around the immense bulge of hard stone washed away.
    — Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Someone a little like us invested extra time and effort to enact these shapes on hard stone.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Martorana’s gambit is to carve soft things, with exquisite realism, from hard stone.
    — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Clean, elevated, hard stone pendants are made easy to wear, when casually strung on a leather cord.
    — Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Despite its small footprint and hard stone surfaces, the backyard feels incredibly lush, with its walls lined with greenery.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 19 July 2023
  • Cofalit has the appearance of a hard stone that is not homogeneous, with a charcoal color and polished look.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Kidney stones develop when salt and other minerals found in urine stick together and form into hard stone-like deposits.
    — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 31 July 2019
  • Beyond the hard stone, the Palatial Big Date features a 42 mm curved case conducive to everyday wear.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
  • As the song unfolds, their voices begin to braid together like twin strands of ivy—a Scottish lilt and a Montana twang—creeping across a hard stone wall of fuzzy grunge guitars.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Mesoamerican people were also known for carving ornate sculptures and ceremonial objects out of hard stone and gems, including crystals.
    — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The animating premise appears to be that Hamlet and Ophelia (Gayle Rankin) are naïve youngsters who are broken on the hard stone of reality.
    — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 13 July 2017

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