STOLID in a Sentence
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24 example sentences for STOLID, such as:
1. He's a very stolid, serious man.
2. The regiment fell back to the stolid trees.
3. But so few of these stolid worlds wanted to be moved.
4. The guns, stolid and undaunted, spoke with dogged valor.
5. Among some stolid trees it began to falter and hesitate.
2. The regiment fell back to the stolid trees.
3. But so few of these stolid worlds wanted to be moved.
4. The guns, stolid and undaunted, spoke with dogged valor.
5. Among some stolid trees it began to falter and hesitate.
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Meanings and Examples of STOLID
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stolid
a. having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 To Ethan there was something vaguely ominous in this stolid rejection of free food and warmth, and he wondered what had happened on the drive to nerve Jotham to such stoicism.
2 She spent so much time crouching in the cellar that the girls would have fared badly but for Mrs. Meade's stolid old Betsy.
3 But so few of these stolid worlds wanted to be moved.
4 He felt that every nerve in his body would be an ear to hear the voices, while other men would remain stolid and deaf.
5 The guns, stolid and undaunted, spoke with dogged valor.
6 Among some stolid trees it began to falter and hesitate.
7 The regiment fell back to the stolid trees.
8 The stolid trees, where much had taken place, seemed incredibly near.
9 They passed within view of a stolid white house, and saw in front of it groups of their comrades lying in wait behind a neat breastwork.
10 Then she sat swaying her body to and fro, and making gestures with her unnerved arm, which seemed intended as the accompaniment to a fit of laughter, though her face was stolid and drowsy.
11 The trim Inspector Martin, the old, gray-headed country doctor, myself, and a stolid village policeman made up the rest of that strange company.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
12 They all failed to understand my gestures; some were simply stolid, some thought it was a jest and laughed at me.
13 Now Tom shivered from head to heel; for his eye fell upon the stolid face of Injun Joe.
14 His dark-faced wife sat beside him, stolid, silent.
15 The ambulance men hurrying here and there among the prostrate forms frequently stepped on wounded men, so thickly packed were the rows, and those trodden upon stared stolidly up, waiting their turn.
Example Sentence:
1 The earthquake shattered Stuart's usual stolid demeanor; trembling, he crouched on the no longer stable ground.
2 "Don't you remember? You WON'T tell, WILL you, Joe?" And the poor creature dropped on his knees before the stolid murderer, and clasped his appealing hands.
3 He's a very stolid, serious man.