Example Sentences

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During that long stretch, the family and Times leadership set a stolidly conservative agenda.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

This production stays stolidly minimalistic — no adventurously garish lighting, no whimsical prop design, no imaginative projections.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

But, he said, the Fed's target policy rate would need to remain elevated for some time to come, with the central bank stolidly against "reversing course" until it is clear inflation is subsiding.

From Reuters • Mar. 1, 2023

Then he returned to his perch on the keg and sat stolidly holding the can of shrimps while the storm burst.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Bigger sat stolidly, trying not to let the crowd detect any fear in him.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright