stolid

Example Sentences

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The solid, stolid, self-satisfied Edwardian England that had seemed so deserving of his lashes was itself now wounded, and something in Galsworthy shifted accordingly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

They have sometimes been, by turns, stolid, corrupt and ineffectual, but virtually any semblance of organization is better than nothing, because non-union workers don’t strike.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2023

He’s packed on weight for the role, and he gives the character a stolid, tamped-down physicality, but he also lets you see the eddies of anger and frustration raging under the character’s skin.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

Italian football back then was highly strategic and fundamentally defensive - entertainment value was compromised by stolid pragmatism.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

How I blessed those stolid, flannelled figures, for in a few minutes his face had settled back into repose, the colour had returned, and he was deriding the Surrey bowling in healthy irritation.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier