stolidness
Example Sentences
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It's Hepburn as Linda, Julia's aimless sister, the black sheep of the family, who perfectly comprehends Johnny's aversion to business, security and stolidness, his aversion to America itself.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2013
She got so she received all things with the stolidness of the earth which soaks up urine and perfume with the same indifference.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
The announcement that the wound was not fatal did not seem to move his stolidness in the least.
From Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
A couple of the Signal Corps men jumped out of the trench near by and greeted Tom heartily, praising him as the others had done, all of which he took with his usual stolidness.
From Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
"Amen," answered the company, and then there was a buzz of secular talk, general rapture being expressed at the stolidness of Ezekiel's demeanor.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill
