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adjective

stolid

calm, dependable, and showing little emotion

In a sentence

Six example sentences with stolid, each labelled with its topic.

  • The novel's narrator is a stolid country doctor who records three decades of village scandal without raising an eyebrow.

    Literature

  • Even down fifteen points with a minute left, the stolid center kept the same steady expression he wore at practice.

    Basketball

  • The director cast a stolid actor whose flat, unhurried delivery made the panic of everyone around him look sharper.

    Movies

  • The stolid judge showed nothing through six weeks of testimony, and reporters gave up trying to read his face.

    Law

  • A stolid chief executive, he took the takeover news with a nod and asked to see the numbers.

    Business

  • Our stolid guide crossed the swollen river without a word, then turned and held out a hand for each of us.

    Travel

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