Sentence examples for the final stone from inspiring English sources

When you are on the rostrum that's the final stone in the pyramid of years of hard work.

The final stone of the third end and USA surely should get on the board here … and indeed they do.

Great Britain's women curlers controversially lost against Sweden after the skip Eve Muirhead was penalised for releasing the final stone too late.

The lead switched several times during an error strewn match but turned decisively in the seventh when the British team conceded three points despite having the final stone.

PAGE D1 CURLING UPSET -- Canada, which has a national obsession with curling, lost to Norway on the final stone of the men's gold medal game.

David Murdoch of Great Britain looks on as he releases the final stone to win the men's curling semifinal against Sweden.

Scarcely had the final stones of the Great Mosque been put in place, however, when the power of the Moors crumbled.

1998: About 180 pilgrims are trampled to death in panic after several of them fell off an overpass during the final stoning ritual at Mina.     1997: At least 340 pilgrims are killed in a fire at the tent city of Mina as the blaze was aided by high winds.

1998: About 180 pilgrims are trampled to death in panic after several of them fell off an overpass during the final stoning ritual at Mina. 1997: At least 340 pilgrims are killed in a fire at the tent city of Mina as the blaze was aided by high winds.

Even a two-shot recovery in the ninth handed the Swiss the crucial final stone in the decisive end, but some fine build-up play by the Britons forced Stoeckli's marginal error.

Martin released the stone and his teammates carefully began sweeping the ice with their brooms, hoping to steer the stone enough so that it would stop a hair's-length short of the Norwegians' final stone.