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How to use staid in a sentence

16 example sentences · adjective

Staid means not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober. Example: “Meetings between Pakistani and American leaders are traditionally staid and predictable, although some Pakistanis are fond of recalling an apocryphal 1963 exchange between John F.”

Examples of staid by meaning

adjectiveNot capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

  • Meetings between Pakistani and American leaders are traditionally staid and predictable, although some Pakistanis are fond of recalling an apocryphal 1963 exchange between John F.2008 September 26, Omar Waraich, “How Sarah Palin Rallied Pakistan’s Feminists”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN...

More sentences with staid

  • Two decades ago, the first fast-fashion companies redrew the lines of a staid industry.2021 February 6, Rachel Monroe, “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”, in The Atlantic. From the entry ultra-fast fashion
  • The staid and uncool Democratic Establishment, by blowing a gimme election, had discredited itself.2019 March 3, Simon van Zuylen-Wood, “When Did Everyone Become a Socialist?”, in New York Magazine. From the entry gimme
  • They appeared before us in their grandfathers’ kaftans—staid boiars, majestic boiarins.2010, Richard Wortman, “[Fedor] Solntsev, [Alexey] Olenin, and the Development of a Russian National Aesthetic”, in Cynthia Hyla…. From the entry boiar
  • Does a Ferrari show the staid, sturdy lines of a BMW coupe?1983, Leonard McGill, Stylewise: a man's guide to looking good for less, page 122. From the entry investment dressing
  • Formes is the freshest of the major maternity chains, but the staid selection is more French-mumsy than yummy-mummy.2005: Fairchild and Gallagher, Where to wear London 2006. From the entry yummy mummy
  • For some strange and elusive reason, the staid, prosaic herringbones have angled themselves into a position of fashion prominence.1963, Men's Wear, volume 147, page 39. From the entry herringbone
  • Well, — that quiet, staid, Dutchly, phlegmatic little town went fairly wild at the sight of the slender, fair-haired boy.1905, Rose Eytinge, The Memories of Rose Eytinge. From the entry Dutchly
  • After a fellow bought them the staid auctioneeress said, "I'm not going to ask what you plan to do with them sir."1997 January 16, Catsswing, “Re: MADONNA STAGE WORN COAT AND PANTS FOR SALE!”, in alt.fan.madonna (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry auctioneeress
  • Staid Boston society brought up on the austere tempestuosities of Koussevitzky, were aghast at their visitor's Dionysian frenzies of whirling, jumping and crouching.1940, The Musical Record, volume 1/2, page 23, column 1. From the entry tempestuosity
  • His expected appearance at the Met Gala — once a staid affair for New York blue bloods that has become an East Coast Oscars on Ms.2024 May 3, Jacob Bernstein, Madison Malone Kircher, Sapna Maheshwari, “TikTok’s Boss Goes From Reserved Tech Exec to Met Gala Chair”, in…. From the entry blue blood
  • To see the utilitarian hockey center transformed into a puck palace similar to the Minnesota Wild's home ice should bring chills to even the most staid fans.2008 July 6, Randy Krebs, “SCSU's plan deserves much praise”, in St. Cloud Times, USA, retrieved 11 May 2011, page B6. From the entry puck palace
  • I've always thought it more sensible than the zombic passivity we associate with Caucasian moviegoing—not unlike the difference between a staid Presbyterian church service and a rip-roaring Baptist get-down.2008 May 1, Gary Buslik, A Grump in Paradise Discovers that Anyplace It's Legal to Carry a Machete is Comedy Just Waiting to Happen, Palo…. From the entry zombic
  • Munis lack the glamour of hedge funds, but they bring out the mischievous streak in even the most staid Wall Street firms-and Bear is anything but staid.2007, Gary Weiss, Wall Street Versus America: A Muckraking Look at the Thieves, Fakers, and Charlatans Who Are Ripping You Off, Portfolio…. From the entry Norman Bates
  • As they stood before a staid cast-iron gate across the street from where they work, they made as toothsome a ninesome as could ever be glimpsed anywhere.1958 October 13, LIFE. From the entry ninesome
  • I have been to many parties where staid American business men have been transformed by a few ryes or bourbons into unpredictable gremlins out for adventure.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 17. From the entry rye

Meaning of staid

  1. adjective Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
  2. adjective Always fixed in the same location; stationary.

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Questions about staid in a sentence

How do you use staid in a sentence?
Staid is used as an adjective. For example: “Meetings between Pakistani and American leaders are traditionally staid and predictable, although some Pakistanis are fond of recalling an apocryphal 1963 exchange between John F.”
What is a short sentence with staid?
“They appeared before us in their grandfathers’ kaftans—staid boiars, majestic boiarins.”
What does staid mean?
Staid means not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

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