| He would be freed, for ever, from the petrification of the grey, cramping little city. |
| When she departed, as she did in a state bordering on petrification, he came forward to the bedside. |
| One consequence of focusing on the process is that we know it is incorrect to say petrification takes millions of years. |
| Not surprisingly, Christopher also grew up troubled: bright, handsome, but emotionally inhibited to the point of petrification. |
| Maisie received in petrification the full force of her mother's huge and painted eyes-they were like Japanese lanterns swung under festal arches. |
| This is a startling fact for natural philosophers, and must cause them to modify the existing theory of petrification. |
