stolid
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In their original renderings—including the novel “The Secret Adversary” and the short-story collection “Partners in Crime”—Tuppence was the more adventurous spirit, Tommy the more stolid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Jack Morgan’s reputation for stolid rectitude was permanently undermined — “Until last Tuesday,” wrote a New York Times columnist, “Mr. Morgan was a legend.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Her painting is a stolid assemblage of horizontal bands, stacked confidently on top of one another, the weight of the structure seeming to make those on top begin to dissolve into those below.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Although many disliked the building’s brooding, stolid architecture, the Breuer came to be considered the ideal space in which to show 20th and 21st century art and sculpture.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
Othell Yarwyck was as stolid and unimaginative as he was taciturn, and the First Rangers seemed to die as quick as they were named.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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