Stoned
[stəʊnd] or [stond]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Stone
Editor: Val
Examples
- Do _you_ want to be trampled upon and stoned? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It tells how they was stoned and sawn asunder, and wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, and was destitute, afflicted, tormented. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Do you want me to be trampled upon and stoned? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The child belongeth to the parent; and the violator of wedlock shall be stoned. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They did it, and the people stoned the accused by the city wall, and he died. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Val