Sentence examples for stone listening from inspiring English sources

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So I grew up believing that telling stories was good and sitting there like a stone listening was dull and bad.

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Maybe one of the most powerful scenes is of the Stones listening to a playback of Wild Horses in the studio.

Late that night, the CCTV crew gathered in Chong's RV, where he took a break and described his exhausting day as he met with fans: "Getting stoned, listening to music and trying to understand what people are saying to you when you're really high".

But where eggs for dinner can feel as if you've just thrown something together to satisfy your hunger, as I sat outside at the table of my little stone house, listening to the sounds of the villagers walking into town and the chiming of the bells, with this beautiful plate-size creation, an arugula salad and a glass of wine, in front of me, I felt as if I had thrown a dinner party for one.

Even if you can't identify any of these, however, there are still ways to test whether a rock is useful: Tap the stone with another stone and listen to the ring.

In 1960, Steilberg was hired to inspect the stones once again; he used a ball-peen hammer to lightly strike each stone and listen for a solid ringing tone or a dull thud which indicated cracking.

Meanwhile, Sepúlveda, Urzúa, Aguilar, Bustos, Florencio Ávalos, and others climbed back up to Level 190, with its massive stone, to listen for the approach of rescuers and to make noises alerting people on the surface to the presence of survivors.

Walk right up to the monument, press your hand against the cool, smooth stone and listen, as if the obelisk were a giant radio needle receiving some riotous transmission from deep space.

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde on Dickens's tear-jerking death of Little Nell, one would have to have a heart of stone to listen to the suddenly transformed priest's culminating sermon in favor of inclusivity without snickering.

Stone: " 'We were listening to you instead of getting circumcised!

In this verdant cove I recounted the entire plot of 'Straw Dogs.'... Now we stood at the cold stream's edge, tossing a stone in and listening for its plonk and plummet.

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