Sentence examples for a stone over from inspiring English sources

I've lost a stone over the past year.

Lob a stone over the river and it lands in Texas.

In his mind, Wang's act was luojing xiashi: "dropping a stone over someone's head after he falls into a well".

After a brief struggle, I gained control of the Nokia and held it like a stone over his head.

There was no "lose a stone over a weekend" or "get a flat stomach by drinking this vile milkshake".

Its shares have dropped like a stone over the last year, and are now trading below the original offering price at which the company went public in 1996.

The province of Ontario is a stone's throw over the Detroit River, and Toronto is a four-hour drive from Detroit.

"Skip Skimmer" is simple but weirdly compelling – tracking wrist movements with astonishing accuracy while skipping a virtual stone over a lake, with novelty stones in the shape of love hearts or with a kitten's face stamped upon them creating special effects.

They had them work together to build a stone bridge over a creek on the golf course.

Within a silver frame, a fair-haired young woman stands "on a stone bridge over a rushing stream".

You could see an ancient spring with a stone arch over it, and a mosque that was built by one of his ancestors 240 years ago.