Example sentences for: stoic

How can you use “stoic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • When Dole misted up at the convention, reporters wrote as if the "Midwest stoic" had finally found his heart, when in fact a sluice of his tears courses its way through his recent career.

  • Site of the stoic town hall (Palazzo Vecchio or della Signoria) since 1299, the square bustles in all seasons, not least because it leads to the richest of Italy’s art museums, the Uffizi.

  • The Japs and the Brits are a stoic bunch, suffering in silence, blaming themselves for any illness, apologizing for any sort of dependence on the health system, probably never reporting many deadly illnesses for fear of cultural shame.

  • In the case of Bob Dole, afflicted reporters repeat the well-grooved narrative of his Wound, Recovery, New Sensitivity, because it makes for a good and easy story--and because it fits with their line that the formerly taciturn/stoic, mean/hatchet-wielding Dole has evolved, even when the record shows that he's been a serial blubberer since the '70s and, despite the tears, is just as mean as ever.

  • But in return I expect her support in keeping the stoic, inscrutable "Ms."


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