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"Perhaps Captain staid up at Mrs. Vawse's," she said, "and didn't follow us down.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wide, Wide World] Reference
OGUNNAIKE: No one has seen anything like this especially in D.C. This town is usually known as staid, reserved. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2009] Reference
Last night's Lee vs. Kryzan debate was pretty staid, which is to say boring. From Wordnik.com. [Buffalo Pundit] Reference
This party has been really kind of staid and comfortable with its old habits. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Steele Considers His Future As RNC Chair] Reference
What should have been a national celebration was a staid, meaningless political affair. From Wordnik.com. [Melinda Gopher: The Historic Obama Tribal Summit: Uphold the Spirit of America's Founding] Reference
The Phoenix looked like the kind of staid but comfortable car that I believed married people were supposed to want. From Wordnik.com. [My favorite Pontiac–The Phoenix] Reference
The show has -- I won ` t say a geriatric audience, but I will say that, you know, it ` s kind of staid and conservative. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2005] Reference
Canadians have a reputation for being a somewhat 'staid' nation. From Wordnik.com. [Cinematical] Reference
They have exactly the kind of staid monoculture that I'm worried about developing on the PC. From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
To her credit, she has not run the kind of staid, cautious campaign often associated with front-runners. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
The good old custom used to be a kind of staid reserve which made their rare smile deeper and more ideal. From Wordnik.com. [La mare au diable. English] Reference
The study found that maths was seen as a "staid" subject with a curriculum that had remained static for a long time. From Wordnik.com. [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
The report found that maths was seen as a "staid" subject with a curriculum that had remained static for a long time. From Wordnik.com. [ENN.ie] Reference
"Oh, ever so much; only he seems kind of staid and school-teachery. From Wordnik.com. [O Pioneers!] Reference
Even ads for the staid Camry have an irreverent tone. From Wordnik.com. [Can Toyota Get Its Mojo Back?] Reference
YouTube is shaking the staid world of Japanese broadcasters. From Wordnik.com. [Japan Too, YouTube?] Reference
Year after year their choices have been staid and sentimental. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in Translation] Reference
Beijing has the most to celebrate, but its bashes are notoriously staid. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Waltz] Reference
FASHION STATEMENTSBoots and suits tend to edge out style in staid Davos. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes From A Conference] Reference
"What's the point of having the Oscars if they're going to be so staid?". From Wordnik.com. ['The White House Has Not Called'] Reference
I play Jennifer Aniston's fiance -- very nice, staid, straight-laced lawyer. From Wordnik.com. ['I'm Like a Catalyst'] Reference
At Isuzu, Nakamura won plaudits for revitalizing a staid line of light trucks. From Wordnik.com. [Can This Company Be Saved?] Reference
The relatively staid William Morris has assigned six to eight agents to similar duty. From Wordnik.com. [A Marriage Made In Hollywood] Reference
In other countries, digital TV is triggering fights over markets that once were staid. From Wordnik.com. [THE AIRWAVES GO DIGITAL] Reference
Overt racism is being confronted even in some of the country's most staid institutions. From Wordnik.com. [Hatred In London] Reference
The rest of the volume amounts to a sturdy but staid retelling of the much-told Kennedy tale. From Wordnik.com. [We Hardly Knew The Half Of It] Reference
There's freedom in freshening staid storylines — but also a risk that fans won't stick around. From Wordnik.com. [Burning Down the House] Reference
Back when the Clintons were in the White House, the Blairs of London looked staid by comparison. From Wordnik.com. [The Blairs: Foreign Flat Fiasco] Reference
The sport's leaders fret that their product is too staid and traditional for television audiences. From Wordnik.com. [Livening Up The Game] Reference
"Moreover," writes Grunwald, "the magazine looked too staid, too constricted, for a TV generation.". From Wordnik.com. [Well, It's About Time] Reference
A few blocks down from Selfridges sits his next turnaround target: the staid British retail institution Marks & Spencer. From Wordnik.com. [Making Shopping An Experience] Reference
On Jan. 1 Gucci Group NV assumed control of the troubled French label, whose classic chic look has grown tired and staid. From Wordnik.com. [Snakeskin, Meet Chiffon] Reference
Reports are the once-staid mainstream press has stolen the thunder from the country's iconoclastic alternative newsweeklies. From Wordnik.com. [Still Pushing The Edge After All These Years] Reference
Characterized as a party boy, Jordan seemed to delight in encouraging his image as a rule-breaker in staid Washington circles. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Hamilton Jordan] Reference
Painted in 1893, the work depicts a rather staid image of the artist wearing a high-collared shirt and a plain black suit jacket. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond 'The Scream'] Reference
Which is why every bank — from the staid Swiss to the sharp trading houses on Wall Street — got caught up in the subprime debacle. From Wordnik.com. [Wall Street Throws A Tantrum] Reference
Ever since Sony introduced its Clie line of handhelds, the company has injected a little pizzazz into the previously staid PDA market. From Wordnik.com. [TECHNOLOGY: A BETTER ASSISTANT] Reference
For a midtown meal, it has to be the just-opened Lever House Restaurant, designed by Marc Newson and across from the staid Four Seasons. From Wordnik.com. [Funky Towns] Reference
In fact, it's exactly Nunn's dull and staid persona that could help voters leery of too much change overcome their misgivings about Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Veep in the Middle] Reference
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