How to Use staid in a Sentence

staid

adjective
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  • Everyone was surprised by the funny comments from the usually staid professor.
  • Is the staid world of golf ready for a giant fashion leap?
    — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Of all the types of fashion event, the lingerie show is the surely the most staid.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2018
  • Then came the dreadlocks that caused a stir in the staid world of an almost entirely white sport.
    — Matthew Futterman James Hill, New York Times, 5 June 2023
  • The whole staid biopic genre collapsed under the weight of sensitive cliché decades ago.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2022
  • In the staid world of vaccine medicine, this all makes Sputnik a standout.
    — Adrian Croft, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Their volatility makes a fruit fly’s flight path seem staid.
    — Larry Light, Fortune, 11 May 2022
  • The sector overall has maintained a rather staid identity over the years.
    — Melanie Berman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Tech fever has spread to the once-staid warehousing industry.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Without the bourgeoisie’s staid and starchy mores, there is no bohemia.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Indeed, the same could be said of the somewhat staid exterior styling.
    — Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
  • But rather than the usual staid studs, opt for something more modern like these baroque pearl drops.
    — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Van Halen had never sounded quite so staid or grown up.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Cohen’s take is cool and moody, sung in a staid, stately baritone.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2017
  • Papers still set the agenda followed by the more staid broadcasters.
    — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The event felt more like a celebration than a typical staid job fair.
    — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Yet staid, tradition-laden games don’t like change, and the world of golf is pushing back.
    — John Guaspari, National Review, 26 Sep. 2021
  • No one wants to be the censor, no one wants to be the joke Nazi, no one wants their first dinner to be called staid.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 3 May 2018
  • Men will be boys once more, and staid matrons will attempt to be frolicsome girls.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Yet the show is not all starched collars and stiff upper lips—much of the art gleefully sends up staid stereotypes.
    — The Economist, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Even fashion’s cool kids have taken to tinkering with the staid codes of preppy style.
    — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022
  • And as the latest designs prove, one-of-a-kind jewels are anything but staid these days.
    — Laurie Brookins, Robb Report, 13 July 2022
  • The worst part about weddings for headbangers is wedding DJs and their staid playlists.
    — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 29 May 2023
  • Epic’s campus is more evocative of a theme park than the typical staid office space.
    — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • That got some laughs in an otherwise staid and quiet courtroom.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Buttigieg hasn’t been totally staid in his approach to the primary.
    — cleveland, 1 Feb. 2020
  • The initial mood boards were a little staid—white subway tile, black-and-white flooring.
    — Kate McGregor, ELLE Decor, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Ford was known at the time for more staid, functional cars, so this was an anomaly, and very few from this era were built.
    — A.j. Baime, WSJ, 18 July 2017
  • More to the point, a game too staid for its spikes at times begs for a broad-shouldered pair to snipe, eye-roll and tweet us to the sofa’s edge.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2021
  • If changes to the staid institution are made, Jackson will likely be around to see them.
    — Madeleine Carlisle, Time, 7 Apr. 2022

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