fixed attitude
Example Sentences
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His training, temperament and fixed attitude are all such as to make it impossible for him to be useful to his government as envoy to Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Emma’s eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
The warmth of public opinion in England had obliged the minister to take up a fixed attitude; the consequences could not be doubtful.
From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by Guizot, M. (François)
Now it is that what we have termed the fixed attitude of the globe begins to tell.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore
Elizabeth started a little from her fixed attitude and began to handle her dressing-comb.
From Hills of the Shatemuc by Warner, Susan
