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 Ayres, Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred)

"Did we swim across the lake or didn't we?" he demanded of Archer, roused out of his wonted stolidness.

From Tom Slade with the Boys Over There by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)

She had felt, many times before, a slowing up in conversations—she had seen the bitterness drain from Ella's face, the stolidness from Bennie's.

From The Island of Faith by Sangster, Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth)