stolid

Example Sentences

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The solid, stolid, self-satisfied Edwardian England that had seemed so deserving of his lashes was itself now wounded, and something in Galsworthy shifted accordingly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Rich, 54, a decidedly stolid type who composes their music and plays guitar, recalled, “Hair metal was big.”

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

They have sometimes been, by turns, stolid, corrupt and ineffectual, but virtually any semblance of organization is better than nothing, because non-union workers don’t strike.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2023

Italian football back then was highly strategic and fundamentally defensive - entertainment value was compromised by stolid pragmatism.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

Saints, Inej thought, it must be exhausting to be so stolid all the time.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo