staid
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We know this because Charles Dance recites Michelangelo’s snidest journal passages throughout, bringing a welcome pettiness to an otherwise staid chapter of art history.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
His posts since then, however - particularly since arriving in Omaha - have been much more staid, as has his outlook, Rosmarin said.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
No less than the staid bow tie baseball chronicler Ken Rosenthal described the Red Sox under Henry as “incoherent, dysfunctional and forever poised to overreact.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Apple's devices have over the years played with colour to set themselves apart from more staid competitors.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
Her appearance always acted as a damper to the curiosity raised by her oral oddities: hard-featured and staid, she had no point to which interest could attach.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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