stolid

IPA: stˈɑɫʌd

adjective

  • Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; dully or heavily stupid.
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Examples of "stolid" in Sentences

  • We'll just sit around and be stolid.
  • The wet blanket is stolid, even dour.
  • He is usually stolid about other people.
  • He was also Chelomei's stolid personal adversary.
  • The Acharites are stolid, sensible, loyal and courageous.
  • Dorry Carr Dorry is a rather stolid boy, and a great eater.
  • All is full of animation except the stolid face of the king.
  • As a people, they are stolid, sensible, loyal and courageous.
  • Where JC is stolid and perfunctory, Paul is passionate and dedicated.
  • As a people, the Acharites are stolid, sensible, loyal and courageous.
  • From the label a stolid farmer smiled at her, the image as outdated as the 1950s Betty Crocker.
  • She stared at him in stolid wonder, but her only reply was to hold the door wider and say: "Come in an 'set wun't ye?"
  • But though young, I was neither nervous nor imaginative; I was inclined to be what is termed stolid, that is to say, extremely matter-of-fact and practical.
  • Joe asked, his expression stolid, only his eyes showing his nervous tension as he continually glanced from side to side, making certain nothing could creep up on them.
  • As she stood there in stolid embarrassment polishing the shiny bar, Miss Levering clutched the tray to steady it, and with the other hand she pulled the pillow higher.
  • " Joe asked, his expression stolid, only his eyes showing his nervous tension as he continually glanced from side to side, making certain nothing could creep up on them.
  • As Jess untied the Queen and helped her down, she saw Brian working hard to keep his expression stolid, to maintain the professional unseeing look all the guardsmen had long perfected.
  • She swallowed bile and willed the pill to dissolve faster, sneaking a glance at her fellow commanding officers, all arrayed around the readout in stolid contemplation. “Looks like the blast points were precise, ” one of the men observed, pointing out charred circles on the readout with his stylus. “They maximized human casualties rather than structural damage. ” “That makes sense, ” a blue-eyed woman replied. “That†™ s one of the few plants that isn†™ t automated.

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