stolidness

Example Sentences

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It's Hepburn as Linda, Julia's aimless sister, the black sheep of the family, who perfectly comprehends Johnny's aversion to business, security and stolidness, his aversion to America itself.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2013

She got so she received all things with the stolidness of the earth which soaks up urine and perfume with the same indifference.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

The lad looked at Mr. Heatherbloom as he shouted; that gentleman returned his gaze with unflinching stolidness.

From A Man and His Money by Isham, Frederic Stewart

It was an exterior grief that found expression only in words, gestures and excited walking, his interior continued its old stolidness, as if the certainty of that death had congealed it in peaceful indifference.

From Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) by Keniston, Hayward

Baffled, powerless, his wonted stolidness left him, and he cast his eyes here and143 there with a sort of challenge born of despair and desperation.

From Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)