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as in blank
not expressing any emotion
the butler responded to the duchess's constant demands with stolid indifference
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as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
the actor's turn as a stolid, impersonal bureaucrat was an interesting departure from his more impassioned roles
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Recent Examples of stolid
But the drama can be very stolid, borderline dull at times.
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2025
Michelle DeYoung was a somewhat stolid Herodias, Piotr Buszewski a fiercely ardent Narraboth.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Accepting a lavish gift from the Persian Gulf nation makes even some stolid Trump allies queasy because of Qatar’s record of abuses against its Shiite Muslim minority and its funding of Hamas, the militant group whose attack on Israel touched off a prolonged war in the region.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Left wing-progressives, once skeptical of the status quo, have become stolid guardians of institutions, while right-wing conservatives – once champions of prudence – are tearing down fences.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
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The 166-piece set includes 36 dot, bam, and crack tiles, 12 dragons, 16 winds, 16 flowers, 10 jokers, and four blank spare tiles made from melamine.—
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The system adapts to tone and intent without forcing app switching or blank-page starts.—
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Contestants not only looked the part, but also acted the part of the coach who at times is stoic and fiery.—
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The skeletal trees, stripped of their summer green and fiery autumn leaves, stand in a white shroud of snow like stoic models of resilience and grace.—
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Modern buildings go up in the impassive lunar desert.—
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But the most spectacular aspect of Nuestra Tierra may be its use of drone camerawork, and the way Martel uses the unsettling stillness of a drone as the eye of an impassive god, looking down at the wrongs carried out by those on the ground.—
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The routine calls for this chic, almost expressionless vibe — very different from a typical K-pop performance.—
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Bale ran to the corner of the pitch, and, having been an expressionless bystander for much of the evening, shouted in ecstasy.—
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The senior from Cibolo fell face-first to the ground and remained motionless as trainers made their way to the field.—
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Ahead of Waymo’s 2026 self-driving ride-hailing fleet rollout in Nashville, a recent mass power outage in San Francisco left many of its vehicles motionless.—
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This mind-melter from Charlie Kaufman centers on an enigmatic Buckley as the conflicted girlfriend of Jesse Plemons’s awkward Jake, who takes her to meet his incredibly strange parents (Toni Collette and David Thewlis).—
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One of Weir’s most enigmatic tracks, and easily one of his finest.—
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Officials believe the fire started in the occupied home and spread to the vacant home next door.—
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No public update on the project has been released since 2023, and the land remains vacant.—
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“Stolid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolid. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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