stolidness
stolidity

It was a reference to the stolidness that Cliff had maintained.

But as the teams endured sweltering training camps last month, they were studies in stolidness.

Lithuanians are like that: their weapon against the Kremlin is stolidness, not demonstrativeness.

Finally, they are finding that hype falls flat in a country renowned for its stiff-upper-lip stolidness.

He listened with his usual stolidness, and commented, "What Julius said is right, of course.

As Crofton paused, his stolidness impressed Trip with the idea that something might be wrong.

But the exec, with dull stolidness, admitted to mistakes and inconsistencies, and stuck to his story.

So, we may perceive another's stolidness or joviality in a photo or video as well in first hand encounters.

"Toy Story 2" was particularly well written, while "Final Fantasy" has the stolidness of a video game, from which it is derived.

Superintendent Sugden said with a stolidness that Poirot admired: "It's usual."

Kulyagin stood up, his legs unfolding with a fluidity which somehow belied the stolidness of his appearance.

Played with uncompromising stolidness by Salvatore Inzerillo, Dutch talks to himself more than his predecessors did.

Instead, the city received the news of Communism's official shame with the same sort of daily stolidness evident earlier in the week when the coup was under way.

He was a man stumbling along metal and rock corridors in a remote part of the solar system, his normal stolidness made worse now by an immense weariness.

Rather, a sense of decency, stolidness and still remarkable achievement are what is clearly more prized by his American audiences, who rise to cheer him warmly at each stop.

In spite of her normal stolidness, Inga, I could see, was shaken by what she saw-the whole front end of the ship crushed in and mangled.

But the interpretations came to sound wan (pretty, but wan) and monorhythmic, as though drawing-room hyper-refinement had met up with the rhythmic stolidness of a player piano.

Those who know Mr. Bierko for his vivacious Robert Preston impersonation in "The Music Man" will be shocked by his stolidness here.

While handling the initial court appearance of Mr. Hussein last July, Mr. Juhi met his defiance with a stolidness that stunned Iraqis.

What some would call stolidness, propaganda and empty formalism, Ms. Siegel characterizes as "dignity," "humanism" and a "superior . . . grasp of form."

But whether speaking with stiff decorum or singing with molten ease, this nuanced actor locates the cold-steel will, gnawing fretfulness and warm vulnerability that lie under the scholarly stolidness.

On the subject of her own work, Lazzell tended toward stolidness: "I am working for color values, form relationships, rhythm of movement, interplay of space and sincere expression," she once wrote.

In Scarpia's first scene, his pitch was unsteady, if never radically off the mark, and the stolidness of his phrasing and comportment undercut one's sense of Scarpia's malevolent command.

"People don't know how to take you," one lawmaker finally observed - and this was a Democratic supporter, Maxine Waters of California, exulting in the sheer stolidness of Ms. Reno's performance.

Ms. Peters's amusing slyness is accentuated by the stolidness of Julian Sands, who has the hair and accent for his role as Liszt but makes the composer something of a straight man for all of the others.

A documentary might only add to that sense of stolidity.

It was the only moment chat its stolidity had weakened.

The stolidity of the German woman underwent a sudden change.

His characteristic stolidity brought back her sense of betrayal and outrage.

Superintendent Battle, despite his appearance of stolidity, was a very quick man.

"He is not my friend," said Evan, with the stolidity of a dull child.

He can put on moderation, stolidity at any moment, just like an old overcoat.

Like the woman he was old, but unlike her, had none of the stolidity of age.

She paused to watch her companion's face, and saw a new idea creep across its stolidity.

Where there had been stolidity, intelligence shone like a light replacing darkness.

Although the servant's manner was one of stolidity, he seemed to be expecting an order from his master.

The immobile stolidity with which they sat only enhanced the illusion.

But the stolidity extended beyond mere looks: it affected the spirit of the performance.

What it cost Darell to maintain stolidity through these days was not obvious to everyone.

But gradually his face assumed its habitual stolidity of expression.

Their stolidity reassures me now when I walk down to the barn in the blackness.

He was "brought up in a harsh school," an experience which taught him caution and perhaps contributed to his natural stolidity.

That seemed to be about as much as the prospect could move Rufus' stolidity.

He used calculated stolidity, trying to anger her.

A further dose of stolidity might be helpful.

For the Czechs, who pride themselves on stolidity, the year ahead looks uncharacteristically rocky.

He directed a vengeful glance at poor Davis, who received it with perfect stolidity.

George received these commands with his usual stolidity.

He relies on something in him that might be called stolidity, an inertia in the best sense of the word.

He glanced occasionally at his military aide, but the major was listening to the Director with expressionless stolidity.