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
There was a sort of security in the man’s stolidness.
From The Phantom Lover by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres
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
Baffled, powerless, his wonted stolidness left him, and he cast his eyes here and143 there with a sort of challenge born of despair and desperation.
From Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
