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Example sentences for "small stone"

  • Small stone idols, articles of pottery, and various small relics have been dug up in and about this grove, which was not improbably a favorite promenade of the Chichimec, or Acolhuan monarchs.

  • Mounting it, he came to an extremely narrow passage, evidently contrived in the thickness of the wall; and threading it, he reached a small stone door, in which neither bolt nor lock could be detected.

  • It was opened by the guide, and admitted them into a small stone chamber, the walls of which appeared, from the embrazures of the windows, to be of immense thickness.

  • A small stone wall at a bend of the route shows that men have been here; but many years have probably elapsed since their visit, for there is no sign of a path or other indications of their presence.

  • This lama was the only one in this neighbourhood then confined in a grotto, but there are hermits in abundance, living in open caves or small stone huts, and maintained by the nomads living near them.

  • From this opening a low passage led to a small stone-faced chamber 8 feet high, 6 feet broad, and 10 feet long, the floor of which was composed of earth and lime well beaten down to form a hard, smooth surface.

  • The stone had seemingly been used as a hone for giving an edge to small stone implements.

  • About 6 feet to the north of the center of the mound, at a depth of 3 feet below the surface, was discovered a small stone cist or chamber, 18 inches square, built of roughly cut blocks of limestone.

  • The game is intended for two players, and it begins by each one, in turn, tossing a small stone or piece of wood as near as possible to the tether pole while standing at a spot, previously marked, ten feet from the pole.

  • To toss for position of sides means that a player from each side shall toss a small stone toward a stick laid on the ground two yards distant from the spot where the players stand.

  • The soil a good red loam and sand, mixed with more or less grit, small stone, and sometimes rock.

  • The plains are a dark rich loam, the hills a red loam of middling quality, mixed generally with more or less coarse sand and grit, and a great deal of small stone.

  • Passers-by tear off a piece of their clothing, and tie it to the branches, and place a small stone at the base of the ant-hill.

  • Certain serpents of divine nature have been blowing for ages on these treasures of gold, some of which dwindle into a small stone of resplendent beauty and brightness called manikkam.

  • She then opened his mouth by pulling up the upper lip, and her husband took a small stone, and broke some of the incisor teeth.

  • The station has not, however, yielded many relics, the principal objects being a small stone celt, portion of a perforated stone hammer, and the half of a jet bracelet.

  • A tyne 11 inches long forms the handle to a small stone chisel.

  • He carried a small stone jug in his right hand, and had come to fulfil his duty by tasting the new wine.

  • Hidden amongst trees, there stood a small stone hut, before which they stopped.

  • Then Sindolt, his neighbour, seized a small stone jug, poured out its contents into a metal cup and said: "Your health in the choicest wine of the monastery.

  • And also the following antiquities:--A small stone, on which was carved a headless naked human figure.

  • On comparing this woodcut with a vase found in a small stone chamber at Knocknecoura, near Bagnalstown, county Carlow, and now in the Museum, R.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "small stone" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    increased quantity; small arches; small area; small bird; small bundle; small bush; small canoe; small compass; small fishes; small group; small intestine; small islands; small number; small onion; small plate; small size; small spot; small square; small star; small towns; small voice; small wooden; smaller size; thus formed; unleavened bread; warm place