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Emma’s eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes.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
Eugene and Angela settled into what might have been deemed a fixed attitude of comfort and refinement.
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
He dropped back to the ground and stood in the fixed attitude of a sentinel.
From Clementina by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
Shelley, on the other hand, certainly the most modest of great poets, contemplates Byron in the fixed attitude of a literary worshipper.
From Byron by Nichol, John
