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Emma’s eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes.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
For some moments he stood in a fixed attitude, without saying a word.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
Never, I told myself, never while I lived could I forget that fixed attitude and stony face, or the glare of those terrible eyes.
From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
Elizabeth started a little from her fixed attitude and began to handle her dressing-comb.
From Hills of the Shatemuc by Warner, Susan
