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- From the label a stolid farmer smiled at her, the image as outdated as the 1950s Betty Crocker.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.