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Example sentences for "stones"

Lexicographically close words:
stonecutters; stoned; stoneless; stonemason; stonemasons; stonest; stoneware; stonework; stonie; stonily
  1. As here we worship, they descend, While bells and drums resound, And stones and lutes their music blend.

  2. And good emerges from what man condemns;-- Those stones that mar the hill will polish gems.

  3. Most of them produce pearls and precious stones of various kinds; there is one which produces the pure and brilliant pearl--an island which would form a square of about ten li.

  4. The hurtful ne'er without some good was born;-- The stones that mar the hill will grind the corn.

  5. Most of the stones we get down there are too small for jewelry, and are used in commerce.

  6. She had covered scarcely a dozen yards over the rough ground when a hoarse shout of surprise came from Lynch, followed by the clatter of rolling stones as he plunged back down the hill.

  7. Carrying the hot stones from place to place was the work generally assigned to me.

  8. A fire was built near where the bee tree was supposed to be, large flat sand stones were placed on the fire and heated.

  9. A fire would be made, some large fiat stones heated and carried to a convenient place, then bee comb moistened with water, placed on them and soon bees would be seen darting through the air.

  10. A couple of stones laid on the ground a few inches apart will make a place for the lamp and the bucket placed over it on the stones, although the first mentioned will be found more convenient.

  11. Continue this until all the combs are back in the tree, and as the top part of the log was not split off, the piece split from the side can be fit in, bark and flat stones can be used to form a covering that will keep the rain from getting in.

  12. Sometimes stones of a slaty nature would be heated and when becoming quite hot would burst with a loud report and fly in all directions.

  13. This other definition of ore will cover the materials or aggregates of minerals from which gem stones and other valuable, but not metallic, substances are recovered.

  14. The Old Testament contains numerous verses referring to the mining of metals, the land of perfect abundance being paraphrased in Deuteronomy thus: "Where the stones are of iron and out of its hills are digged mines of brass.

  15. Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth, to the furthest bound, The stones of darkness and deathful gloom.

  16. The long winding passages they make seem to track to the utmost limit the stones of darkness, stones that are black with the richness of the ore.

  17. The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.

  18. In the wadi is nothing but stones and dry sand, mocking the thirst of man and beast.

  19. For with the stones of the field shall be thy covenant; With thee shall the beasts of the field be at peace.

  20. Patient, eager labour among the rocks and stones is the type of fruitful endeavour.

  21. There are big stones cropping out all over the hill," said the Captain.

  22. To this triad travelers, on stopping for the night, set on end three stones and placed in front of them three flat stones, on which incense was burned.

  23. The belief that a stone is shot from the sky with each thunderclap is shown in our word "thunderbolt," and even yet the vulgar in many countries point out certain forms of stones as derived from this source.

  24. Some of these stones are still found among the ruins of Yucatecan cities, and are to this day connected by the natives with reproductive signs[2].

  25. Let them build for me a habitation deep under ground; let them bury my bright treasures in the earth; let them throw the gleaming gold and shining stones into the holy fountain where I take my daily bath.

  26. The stones tried to stop the brook, and the brook tried to upset the stones; the leaves struck each other, the swans and little birds began to pull each other's feathers out.

  27. Greater than Aaron is the mighty Priest Who in that radiant shrine for ever dwells; Brighter the stones that stud His glowing vest, And ravishing the music of His bells That tinkle as He moves.

  28. However, I have split my olifant; the gold and precious stones are shaken from it by the blow.

  29. The very sticks and stones had an individuality no less marked.

  30. It was a massive structure, double-gated and double-portcullised, and built in part with the stones of Jews' houses plundered and torn down by the Barons who took London in 1215.

  31. The two older ones, abandoning Pascualet, who took refuge weeping behind a tree, would seize stones and a battle would begin in the middle of the road.

  32. Look out when you steal fruit, throw stones or jump over canals.

  33. Some of the stones or groups of stones can be taken away and replaced by others differently coloured without the structure being thereby necessarily distorted, i.

  34. As soon as the stones are judged to be sufficiently hot, the fire is removed, and a few of the stones taken, and put inside the animal to be roasted if it be a large one.

  35. In other places, large heaps of small loose stones are piled up like small haycocks, but for what purpose I could never understand.

  36. The head was struck off with a tomahawk and placed between hot stones in the hollow of a tree, where it has undergone a process of baking, and it is still left there otherwise untouched.

  37. Upon withdrawing the stick, water is poured through the holes thus made upon the hissing stones below, the top grass is hastily closed over the apertures and the whole pile as rapidly covered up as possible to keep in the steam.

  38. They are caught with weirs or dams, as already described; and also with large seines made of string manufactured from the rush, and buoyed up with dry reeds, bound into bundles, and weighted by stones tied to the bottom.

  39. Another practice of the natives, when travelling from one place to another, is to put stones up in the trees they pass, at different heights from the ground, to indicate the height of the sun when they passed.

  40. Bark from the roots of trees and shrubs is roasted, and then pounded between two stones for use.

  41. It is then lined with stones in the bottom, and a strong fire made over them, so as to heat them thoroughly, and dry the hole.

  42. The wombat is driven to his hole with dogs at night, and a fire being lighted inside, the mouth is closed with stones and earth.

  43. I suffered only in thinking how I had fooled away some of the best years of my life for a woman who despised me from the first, and was as heartless as the stones of the street.

  44. The bobbies got it pretty warm--bottles and stones and logs of wood; I saw one poor chap with the side of his face cut clean open.

  45. In order not to spoil the stones in setting them down, he laid them carefully on the ground one beside the other, and bent himself down to drink, but by an accident he gave them a little push, and both stones went splashing down.

  46. He gave Jofuku one of his best junks, fitted it out for him, and loaded it with great quantities of treasures and precious stones for Jofuku to take as presents to the hermits.

  47. Some men who were carrying mill-stones then came along, inquired into her trouble, and expressed their compassion by giving her a mill-stone, which they rolled into her back yard.

  48. Then the tailor threw stones at the other man, and soon he awoke as the first had done.

  49. Coral and pearls and precious stones dazzled his eyes; but inside, the palace was more beautiful still, and blazing fish scales lighted it.

  50. One day an expert in the discovery of precious stones came along, and saw in this pile a block of jade of great value.

  51. And on the top of the Caldon Low The mists were cold and gray, And nothing I saw but the mossy stones That round about me lay.

  52. When there were no more sticks, roots, or weeds to bring; she told them to bring stones instead; and they soon accumulated an immense pile of stones, which were heaped in a yard near their house.

  53. He found the pair fast asleep under a tree, so he filled his pockets with stones and climbed up into the branches over their heads.

  54. The forlorn girl was so happy to be called child by her mother that she eagerly related her experience with the old woman at the fountain, while, with her words, dropped precious stones and roses.

  55. And the little jackals threw stones down upon him from above, and danced round and round the well, singing: "Ao!

  56. You have heard the sound of the rivulet when it falls upon the mossy stones in the pasture by the bar-way?

  57. Then she began to run, and ran over sharp stones and through thorns, and the wild beasts ran past her, but did her no harm.

  58. The thorns and stones so harsh to human feet, I'll press as they were buds, and leave my blood for kisses.

  59. The Old Castle had three courtyards, in the corners of which rose graceful stair-turrets and between whose paving stones an unnecessary amount of weeds was generally growing.

  60. A tiara of diamonds had glittered in her dark hair, which showed a tendency to fall in smooth wisps across her forehead, and a long hanging chain of the same stones was wound two or three times round her brown throat.

  61. Herr von Knobelsdorff also was present when mamma put on jewels from the Crown regalia, watched and noted down the stones which she decided to use.

  62. A flower-bed, consisting of countless pots arranged like the stones of a mosaic, lay in the strong moonlight of the arc-lamp and filled the air with its scent.

  63. At length the wolf awoke, raised himself on his legs, and as the stones made him feel thirsty, he went towards the spring to quench it.

  64. But when he began to move, the stones moved likewise, and rattled loudly.

  65. He then came to the spring, and stooped down to drink, but the weight of the stones carried him in, for the bank was sloping, and he sank to the bottom and perished miserably.

  66. The kids obeyed and dragged plenty of large stones to the place, which the mother put inside the wolf; she then sewed him up, so quickly, that he neither stirred nor found out what she had done.

  67. He seemed to be groping all around him, as though trying to find more stones or fragments of broken limbs with which to bombard the patrol leader, whose presence was betrayed by the flash of his torch.

  68. There is so much to see in the rare stones and relics set all the way down in the inside of the tower walls,--so I've been told.

  69. But for this shelter the little herd would have been off at once, and they could have followed them at little better than a walk, on account of the rough stones and masses of rock.

  70. Mind you don't have any of the gintlemen throwing stones at you, Dinny," shouted Dick.

  71. But this Mr Rogers would not permit, bidding the Zulu throw stones at the reptile.


  72. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stones" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.