Example Sentences

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All concern staidly settled characters who suffer identity crises and worse upon leaving their socio-economic comfort zones.

From New York Times • May 9, 2018

Sally was the one who looked up at the moon, live, outside, through a nerdy boy’s telescope, and kissed him afterwards, while their parents sat inside, staidly watching the landing on television.

From Slate • May 15, 2015

The courtroom was crowded with staidly gowned women and mustachioed old gentlemen.

From Time Magazine Archive

They swam staidly in the little blue bays, played tennis at the Royal Lawn Tennis Club, in El Terreno, swank suburb of medieval Palma.

From Time Magazine Archive

These two small, protective figures, sitting staidly under their small roof—what a power they had!

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck