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Emma’s eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes.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
Silent and fixed attitude, rigidity rather than restlessness.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
Major Shackleton stood in a fixed attitude with his eyes upon the floor.
From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
