Example sentences for: stolidly

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

  • In some, a dynasty is stolidly consistent across generations.

  • Though the family gathered around the table in this Ozzie and Harriet update is stolidly suburban, it comprises Asians; though the spot proffers a squishily trite bedtime-story shot, it does so with an explicit nod to the minority family, an implicit nod to the minority parent.

  • The first edition of The Complete Plain Words , an edited amalgan of Plain Words (1948) and The ABC of Plain Words (1951), appeared in 1954; an edition revised by Sir Bruce Fraser was published in 1973; the present work, published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (stolidly called “Her Britannic Majesty's Stationary [ sic ] Office” on the copyright page) in 1986 to celebrate its bicentennial, is a revision of Fraser's edition.

  • County seat, business center, pulp manufacturer, log-shipping port, it remains stolidly practical, working class, and Democratic, and the recent closure of one of two large pulp mills has precipitated an identity crisis.


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