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Meanings of stony silence in English
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Usage of stony silence in English
1
He flung open the door and entered, Garth following in stony silence.
2
Mr. Ratcliffe kept a stony silence; then at last he said quietly-
3
She sat in stony silence, till at last Curtis paused beside her.
4
Ingred, on the outside of the enthusiastic circle, preserved a stony silence.
5
But for that stony silence of her lips he was not prepared.
6
Jack could see that he was settling down into a stony silence.
7
Question after question is met with either a monosyllabic answer or stony silence.
8
We sat there in stony silence and the time dragged by.
9
Judith received this in stony silence, but Sylvia's tears fell fast.
10
Congreve had asked, when Drummond stared at him in stony silence.
11
Cat tried to introduce herself but was met with stony silence.
12
And there was stony silence on this end of the phone.
13
The Duke did not try to break the stony silence in which Zuleika walked.
14
Dorothea sat out the rest of the evening in stony silence, which nobody regarded.
15
It subsided suddenly, and was followed by a stony silence that frightened the Contessa.
16
In stony silence he sat there, his head down, his eyes dry and staring.
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Stony silence through the time
Stony silence across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common