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Seven times in a few weeks her familiar figure swept statuesquely into London theaters and cinemas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Former Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes sat statuesquely for 45 minutes before intoning: "And now, lettest thou thy servant depart in peace."

From Time Magazine Archive

This cycle of repression and catharsis is endowed with the mysteries of personality and feeling by Actress Barrymore, statuesquely assisted by Louis Calhern.

From Time Magazine Archive

The statuesquely beautiful Goddess with her severely swept-back blonde hair and her deep gray eyes was the embodiment of the wisdom and strength for which her worshippers especially prayed.

From Pagan Passions by Stanley, Robert

Mr. Terry is good as the amatory Monk, and Miss Julia Neilson is statuesquely graceful as Hypatia.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir