Sentence example with the word 'staid'

staid

arid, decorous, earthbound, grim-visaged, mundane, prosy, serious-minded, somber, stuffy, uninspired, unsmiling

Definition adj. characterized by dignity and propriety

Last update: October 21, 2015


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He is a staid person.   [adjective]

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Islam officially sanctioned became slowly stagnant and staid, almost an anachronism compared to its 11th to 13th century heyday.   [adjective]

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HONDA has gone all out to change its rather staid image with an excitingly different look for its latest Civic.   [adjective]

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I only staid here to watch over the children; and now that they are gone, I shall leave Arnwood forever.   [adjective]

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), if I could possibly have staid on in Egypt.   [adjective]

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So the first thing she said to him was, "I have staid constantly near your father, and have brought him water early and late, as much as he needed."   [adjective]

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No longer is Leopold, as he sits there, ruminating, chewing the cud of reminiscence, that staid agent of publicity and holder of a modest substance in the funds.   [adjective]

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Ye be staid to the eye, noticeably staid.   [adjective]

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In the Rostovs' staid old-fashioned house the dissolution of former conditions of life was but little noticeable.   [adjective]

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Yet her sweetness, patience, staid courtesy, humility, never failed her; out of the deep wells of her soul she drew them forth in a stream.   [adjective]

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Her appearance always acted as a damper to the curiosity raised by her oral oddities: hard-featured and staid, she had no point to which interest could attach.   [adjective]

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