Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Still as a stone; absolutely motionless, silent, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective As still as a stone.
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Examples
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Cadfael drew up the sheet again over the stone-still face.
A River So Long 2010
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William stood stone-still, staring at her in stunned silence.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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William stood stone-still, staring at her in stunned silence.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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Maddy also looked at William, only to find him standing stone-still, his deep blue eyes guardedly haunted.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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Maddy also looked at William, only to find him standing stone-still, his deep blue eyes guardedly haunted.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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William stood stone-still, staring at her in stunned silence.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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Maddy also looked at William, only to find him standing stone-still, his deep blue eyes guardedly haunted.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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Maddy also looked at William, only to find him standing stone-still, his deep blue eyes guardedly haunted.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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William stood stone-still, staring at her in stunned silence.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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As quiet as they become, stone-still as they hold, he knows where each one of them is.
Moving Among Them 2009
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