Staid Sentence Examples

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  • Over the last few years he has taken the staid world of opera by storm.

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  • Woo- Gloucester passed as a staid and religious prince, and cester.

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  • By the corpse is a hat labeled ' Madame Rita ', real name the rather staid Mrs Grant.

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  • One wonders just how much normally staid writer George St George actually contributed.

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  • Some of the latter are very staid, others flippant enough; most are single women.

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  • The WAGs seemed a welcome adornment to Baden-Baden, which had become a little staid since its 19th century heyday.

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  • That both choose to remain as Ogres rather than retain their human forms avoided a happy but somewhat staid and expected ending.

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  • It certainly makes the next generation of composers look positively staid.

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  • A series of unexpected and often ludicrous juxtapositions ensure that this collection of interconnected stories never become staid.

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  • The idea of urban vigilantes challenging an untouchable crime boss was staid even then, following Double Dragon, Final Fight and their ilk.

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  • The British economy is only healthy in the sense that the most staid middle-aged man is healthy.

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  • Its cities are shaking off their staid reputations and reveling in their cosmopolitan chic.

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  • Pretoria is the staid, conservative capital, with wide streets lined with jacaranda trees that bloom purple in spring.

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  • Staid middle-aged family a fleetwood would tailored to an.

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  • From stylish and contemporary to staid and traditional there are several types of chairs to choose from.

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  • Floral vine rugs are fresh and contemporary solutions for rooms in which formal oriental rugs are just too staid and traditional.

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  • This is California's most northern wine region and is a bit wilder and woollier than its more staid Napa neighbor to the south, or even Sonoma.

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  • Reminiscent of understated, glamorous looks of the '60s, soft curls have a way of updating even the most staid hairstyles.

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  • The social climate of this era was transforming from the staid 1950s to the sexual revolution of the 1960s, and Gernreich's swimsuit became a social comment on personal freedom.

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  • Is your current beach look a little staid?

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  • This style of swimwear is typically cut to provide modest coverage, but that doesn't mean that the suit looks old- fashioned or staid.

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  • The designs are elegant, but are not staid.

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  • If you're sporting a relatively staid dress, slip into a pair of more extravagant shoes.

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  • With so much staid Christmas music on the airwaves, many listeners are drawn to "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by its upbeat music.

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  • Once upon a time, bat mitzvah invitations were a fairly staid affair.

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  • This is, in part, a reaction to the comparatively staid look and feel of traditional text chat.

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  • I would haue staid till I had made you merry, If worthier friends had not preuented me Ant.

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  • Personally, I favor the more provincial, less ego-driven Sonoma Valley and County wine country over the super-hyped and staid air of its eastern neighbor.

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  • Think full coverage bikini bottoms are staid and old-fashioned?

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  • For example, if g-string bikinis seem just a bit too staid for your taste, then why not purchase the same style in a mesh finish?

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  • Virgo's basic nature is a bit more staid than that of Gemini.

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  • After all, it wasn't long before that they were wearing Edwardian- and Victorian-style clothing with aplomb; those garments were distinctly more staid and polished.

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  • From the generally staid color-blocked styles to the far more ostentatious graphic prints in wild colors, the pants tended to resemble pajamas at times.

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  • This was important because during the 1920's, large numbers of women abandoned the confining corsets; thus was born the flapper, who scandalized the previously staid fashion scene with her short skirts, bobbed hair and decadent lifestyle.

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  • When some women hear the words "plus sized swimsuits" they immediately see visions of staid black or navy one piece swimsuits, and then think boring!

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  • She staid there all night; nobody turned in.

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  • His unconventional preaching shocked the more staid members of the flock, but filled the church to overflowing with people unaccustomed to churchgoing.

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