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Emma’s eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes.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
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
The month which had passed since we parted had brought to her many reflections, no doubt, and as a presumable result of them a fixed attitude of mind.
From The King's Mirror by Hope, Anthony
Up to this moment Garey had stood in a fixed attitude, silent and rigid as a statue.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
