stoniness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoniness
Noun
  • Most prominent has been the hot competition to bring a hotel to the urban center, which led the city to choose two developers building separate projects after years of market indifference.
    Laura Kinsler, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025
  • The quiet majority, by remaining quiet, gets to enjoy relative prosperity and the relative indifference of the state.
    MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Whatever the reason, Maxwell’s strength and the shark’s apparent unconcern put one of Maxwell’s friends in danger.
    Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025
  • But the other pole, blithe unconcern, carries its own dangers.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • The future of wellness no longer belongs to brands and consumers promoting stoicism and solo optimization.
    Megan Bruneau, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • The cowboy, that paragon of rugged individualism, stands for stoicism and a wordless sweaty brotherhood.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • On social media, news of his passing was met with apathy and derision by younger people who never knew him as a champion, only as a right-wing punchline.
    John DeVore, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025
  • That fear, judgment, apathy and walls to this healing will be replaced with attentiveness and care.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • The robot's performance matched that of skilled human surgeons, handling unexpected scenarios with composure and precision.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
  • Jordan Walsh regains his composure Walsh was whistled for seven personal fouls in the Celtics’ second Summer League game, then was ejected from the third after picking up two technicals in a seven-second span.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Take the two pages where Dyer writes about his father’s extreme reticence about his own past.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • The more acute risk — and, sources say, the primary reason for Trump’s reticence to act against Powell — is the expectation that any move would immediately trigger a significant market sell-off.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
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“Stoniness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoniness. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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