How to Use curling stone in a Sentence

curling stone

noun
  • The body of the curling stone is made with common green.
    — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The roughness of a curling stone is what allows the rocks to curl.
    — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • One of the biggest losses during the fire was all of the club’s curling stones.
    — Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Every Olympic curling stone comes from one Scottish island.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Common green and blue hone are used to make curling stones, and geochemically, the two types of granite are the same.
    — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Both William and Kate tried their hand at throwing rocks, or sliding curling stones, during a practice round.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • According to the brand, the jersey’s eight cascading stars in red, white, and blue represent the curling stones used in competition.
    — Outside, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Fairy rocks The curling stones the players were using Tuesday in Norfolk were made in the same place as the ones used in the Olympic games.
    — Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Kays, in one form or another, has been making curling stones from Ailsa Craig’s microgranite for at least 175 years.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The strictly regulated curling stones weigh between 38 and 44 pounds (17 and 20 kilograms) and can last decades.
    — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • In the semifinal against Italy on Monday, American curler Cory Thiesse made the winning shot that knocked the Italian team’s curling stone out of its place.
    — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The former has been used for curling stones since the early 19th century; the latter since curling grew in popularity after World War II.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Getting there on the hotel’s little 12-seater boat is an adventure, via Ailsa Craig, the volcanic plug island known for its 40,000 seabirds and the unique granite used curling stones.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024
  • In Friday’s round-robin game, Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson suggested that Canada’s Marc Kennedy broke the rules by touching the curling stone after it was released.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Connor Isherwood, 7, a first-grader from Glenview, and his sibling Charlie, 9, a fourth-grader, gave the curling stones a slide with other youngsters including Miles Maloney, 9, a fourth-grader, also from Glenview.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026

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