stalwartness

One surprise was the almost instantaneous financial fragility of museums and the stalwartness of art galleries of all shapes and sizes.

Played with the sober stalwartness we’ve come to expect of Hanks, Krause is a quiet man of faith whose personal manner is modest and leadership style markedly decisive.

He has shown commendable stalwartness in walking the walk, so to speak, not just starting a foundation to help victims of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake but traveling there to help on the ground.

Given this notable blending in his mental habits of independent stalwartness and amenability to others' views, what is the inmost secret and explanation of his undeniable consistency?

Annie's husband was a slow, stolid man; Ruth supposed that in his youth, when Annie married him, he had perhaps been attractive in his stalwartness.