How to Use staid in a Sentence

staid

adjective

• Everyone was surprised by the funny comments from the usually staid professor.
• Of all the types of fashion event, the lingerie show is the surely the most staid.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2018
• Is the staid world of golf ready for a giant fashion leap?
  — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2018
• In the staid world of vaccine medicine, this all makes Sputnik a standout.
  — Adrian Croft, Fortune, 24 Mar. 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
• 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 worst part about weddings for headbangers is wedding DJs and their staid playlists.
  — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 29 May 2023
• Yet staid, tradition-laden games don’t like change, and the world of golf is pushing back.
  — John Guaspari, National Review, 26 Sep. 2021
• 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
• The whole staid biopic genre collapsed under the weight of sensitive cliché decades ago.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 Mar. 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
• Their volatility makes a fruit fly’s flight path seem staid.
  — Larry Light, Fortune, 11 May 2022
• Without the bourgeoisie’s staid and starchy mores, there is no bohemia.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
• Cohen’s take is cool and moody, sung in a staid, stately baritone.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2017
• The Final Chapters, the staid 8-episode miniseries that serves as the franchise’s coda.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2022
• Van Halen had never sounded quite so staid or grown up.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2020
• But rather than the usual staid studs, opt for something more modern like these baroque pearl drops.
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2021
• The initial mood boards were a little staid—white subway tile, black-and-white flooring.
  — Kate McGregor, ELLE Decor, 26 Mar. 2021
• Tech fever has spread to the once-staid warehousing industry.
  — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2020
• 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
• While that image may bring forth ideas of staid fine dining, Noksu isn’t that.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2023
• Indeed, the same could be said of the somewhat staid exterior styling.
  — Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
• The sector overall has maintained a rather staid identity over the years.
  — Melanie Berman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• This time of year, the flowers are done, so all visitors see is acres of staid, glossy-leaved shrubs in 5-gallon pots.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• 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
• With her styling, the Princess of Wales proves that the sweater has long since shed its staid image and can indeed be an elegant and chic fall trend.
  — Katharina Fuchs, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
• If changes to the staid institution are made, Jackson will likely be around to see them.
  — Madeleine Carlisle, Time, 7 Apr. 2022
• That sort of staid sexiness worked fine for them, but next to Jagger Jones looked like an extra.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
• The arrival of the new tour and the defection of PGA Tour stars were major disruptions in what has been a stable and even staid sport.
  — New York Times, 16 June 2022
• Men will be boys once more, and staid matrons will attempt to be frolicsome girls.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 9 May 2024