adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cold/stony stare (= unfriendly )
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I smiled and said "hello" but only got a cold stare.
flat/stony broke (= completely broke )
stony silence (= unfriendly silence )
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Harrison stared at him in stony silence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ground
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Joseph's words fell on stony ground .
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One-plant cultures of a single species developed vegetatively, occupying shallow brooks with a stony ground covered with sand, are typical.
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Today, eighty women sit scattered on the brownish-grey stony ground .
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Some initiatives have already fallen on stony ground , but, as we see in subsequent features, others keep coming.
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Deserts, semi-deserts, and other dry stony ground , nesting on ground.
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They require considerable power, and are easily damaged on stony ground .
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Some flower beds may have soft, fertile soil which is easier to dig or hoe than hard or stony ground .
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Their marriages had fallen on stony ground but it seemed to me there was still hope.
meteorite
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She had analysed four of the specimens and found that each belonged to a completely different class of stony meteorite !
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Most stony meteorites range from about 1, 500 atmospheres down to about 100 atmospheres in crushing strength.
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Aeroliths, or stony meteorites , are composed chiefly of silicates.
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Hard stony meteorites span the entire spectrum of strengths between these extremes, and they will be selected accordingly.
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In addition, new data strengthen the idea that a group of nine unusual stony meteorites may have come from Mars.
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Impactite glasses and a small piece of a stony meteorite were found in the largest craters.
path
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Ana was going down the stony path , almost at the gates.
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Hauling it by its ugly leather straps she took a tentative step on the little stony path .
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He was walking as fast as he could without running, his feet throbbing from the stony path .
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Plodding up and down stony paths , crossing tussocky moorland and jumping streams can all make great demands on footwear.
silence
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Whatever their hairstyles, serious critics mostly maintained a stony silence .
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Mutinously she flicked her gaze back to where he was surveying her in stony silence .
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Ned appeared to be whispering sweet nothings in her ear but his attentions were being met with a stony silence !
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fall on stony ground
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Alan's charming smile fell on stony ground with her.
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Joseph's words fell on stony ground.
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Some initiatives have already fallen on stony ground, but, as we see in subsequent features, others keep coming.
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Their marriages had fallen on stony ground but it seemed to me there was still hope.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She looked at him with stony eyes.
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the stony hillside
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They drove home in stony silence.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ana was going down the stony path, almost at the gates.
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Her friendly gestures were met with stony stares.
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Houses white as virgins breathed their stony breaths and expanded their bellies until every polished name-plaque turned to the sun and shone.
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In the morning, a stony light filled the room.
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No one, not even Challenger, would see what lay beneath its stony carapace.
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They require considerable power, and are easily damaged on stony ground.
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This stony material is certainly much easier to crush and handle than a massive chunk of stainless steel.
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Whatever their hairstyles, serious critics mostly maintained a stony silence.