solid as a rock
Example Sentences
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“He’s been solid as a rock all year, but those two games were a bit of an explosion,” Coach Hajj Turner said with a laugh.
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023
However, both Brentford and Toney had to contend with William Saliba, who looks very dangerous in the opposition penalty area and as solid as a rock in his own.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2022
When he noticed that it was signed “Michael Patrick Hearn,” he informed me that mine was “a solid as a rock name that any publisher would be proud to have on a title page.”
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021
"They may be weird. They may look weird. But they were solid as a rock and they were a safe environment," he said.
From Fox News • Apr. 23, 2019
His hand was solid as a rock, and his dark Cealdish complexion was tanned even darker than usual, highlighting a few pale scars that ran over his knuckles and up his arms.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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