Sentence examples for stone ignored from inspiring English sources

Trusting too much in this newer, costlier material, Stone ignored both its potential for hidden weak spots and an essential flaw in his design: the bridge was assembled like an interlocking jigsaw, held together by pressure rather than the firm attachments of the wood originals; if one joint went, the whole structure would.

Stone ignores Gen. John J. Pershing, mastermind of a push by half a million American troops through the St.-Mihiel salient two months before the end of the war.

They smothered the crumbling stone steps with bright white limestone seats and erected a 25-metre high stage front in brick and stone, ignoring a "stop work" order issued halfway through construction.

But only a head of stone could ignore an obvious question: What was she doing in that strange place to begin with?

A stone memorial sits mostly ignored (except by the rain) in a field above the huge new Tesco grocery store on the edge of town.

"And all the prophets were stoned or murdered or ignored," he said.

Rather, they are often cut from smaller, less perfect stones that were once ignored by the industry.

Jeffrey's alienation from his peers is suggested by a scene at a party where he sits stone-faced, alone and ignored while couples dance and socialize.

It had to stand by and watch its authority defied by stone-throwing students and ignored by thousands of families picnicking on the grass around the Shahyad (now unofficially renamed Khomeini) monument.

The rioters threw stones at the mayor, ignored the troops and burned down the church, cheering when the steeple fell.

If that turns out to be the case, those researchers ignoring Stone Age flutes in favour of listening to the primal tattoos drummed out by chimpanzees might be in with a better chance of finding the true origins of music.