After driving for half an hour in stolid silence, Ariel astounded me by suddenly bursting into speech.

He had gone about the morning chores as he always did, in thoughtful, stolid silence.

The two men accompanying Morgan, both strong and capable looking, were standing by in stolid silence, like paid attendants or guards.

Even some of the men who lifted alongside him day after day sat in stolid silence, their eyes averted.

Her demands for a trail were met with stolid silence, her questions were not answered.

The four of them were now dining together; they drank a great deal of champagne, but sat in a stolid silence.

She bore it in stolid silence for a few minutes, but there are limits to all things, even the need of money.

There was the usual stolid silence as the other guests gathered.

The crew went through morning routine in stolid silence punctuated only by half awake grunts.

Hiram said not a word, but he sat looking at the other in stolid silence.