Example Sentences

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Gladstone does a lot with a character whose main quality is stolidity; I wish they’d gone a little more into her relationship with Rebecca, but this is a show with a lot on its plate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Schreiber moves with bearish stolidity, even when boxing, and nothing is more poignantly delayed than Chuck’s realization that most of his wounds were self-inflicted.

From The New Yorker • May 5, 2017

Performance-related pay, introduced in the 1990s, means the hierarchy is slightly less rigid than in the 19th century, when Bismarck complained about the stolidity of German officials.

From Economist • Aug. 7, 2014

Mr. Rattle is clearly conscious that symphonic interpretations of the “Passion” have been criticized for stolidity and heaviness; he and his magnificent players keep the tempos and textures weighty but always in motion.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2012

The stolidity of the German woman underwent a sudden change.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie