| Gianfilippo Corticelli displays occasional elegance with the camera, although a few shots are staidly composed. |
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| Even the polluted atmosphere of the staidly streets seemed fleetingly fresh compared to the hazy, lamentable bitterness of the mall. |
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| If I had staidly accepted one of those two guys, I would have forfeited the opportunity of being among those lucky ones. |
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| The Budget R4 SunTalk online Brand and Gallagher TalkSport Radio 4's Budget Special began staidly enough: expert predictions, the usual. |
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| A lone adult stood staidly in Colony 8, flippers at its sides, scarcely noticing us. |
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| A somulent shantung shawl of sherbet snow scuttled staidly across the spacious stage onto which the shady stratosphere of heaven harked an assiduous ear. |
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| Sargent's paintings may look staidly traditional now, but they were seen as modern when he painted them. |
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| These tales, set in the desert Southwest, revolve around ordinary people staidly facing melodramatic events yet aching for a way to break free of their natural reticence. |
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| The buzzing strings behind the horn solo created tension, but the expectation was not for something staidly Brucknerian – hulking and monumental – but for something energetic and alive, and that is what we got. |
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| Then, the bow tie – staidly elegant for evening, self-consciously eccentric for day, never acceptable in the bright hues and garish patterns so often sported. |
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| The contenders in the inaugural Battle of the Nutcrackers cover a wide range of styles, from the staidly classical to a kaleidoscopic hallucination. |
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