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Recent Examples of stoically
Saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss and drummer Jay Bellerose paint in pastels around the periphery of this stoically beautiful riff.
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Dave Segal, SPIN, 15 May 2026
As the final buzzer sounded, James sat stoically at the end of the bench with his arms crossed close to his chest.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
Horner stood stoically while Judge George Gallagher read the sentence that the jury handed down after less than three hours of deliberation.
—Harriet Ramos
may 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2026
The passengers, including me, sat stoically in the dark, tired and numb.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Bradburn showed little emotion throughout the trial, often sitting stoically and at times smiling.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
To his right, where security officers sat stoically, sunlight streamed through the closed blinds.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
In the final artwork, the septet poses in two rows wearing suits, looking stoically ahead.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2026
In court Wednesday, O’Connor, wearing eyeglasses and a dark blazer with her hair in a ponytail, sat stoically, taking notes without showing a strong visible reaction as the verdicts were announced.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Dave Segal, SPIN, 15 May 2026
As the final buzzer sounded, James sat stoically at the end of the bench with his arms crossed close to his chest.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
Horner stood stoically while Judge George Gallagher read the sentence that the jury handed down after less than three hours of deliberation.
—Harriet Ramos
may 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2026
The passengers, including me, sat stoically in the dark, tired and numb.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Bradburn showed little emotion throughout the trial, often sitting stoically and at times smiling.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
To his right, where security officers sat stoically, sunlight streamed through the closed blinds.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
In the final artwork, the septet poses in two rows wearing suits, looking stoically ahead.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2026
In court Wednesday, O’Connor, wearing eyeglasses and a dark blazer with her hair in a ponytail, sat stoically, taking notes without showing a strong visible reaction as the verdicts were announced.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoically
Adverb
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Name your value, then stand calmly by it.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2026
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His sense of crafting anecdotes into top-tier material and knowing how to use his sweet-molasses pacing to calmly detonate a joke is damn near peerless.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
Adverb
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But Jen remains utterly unmoved, staring impassively as Whitney, who seems truly blindsided, starts to lose her mind a little bit.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
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Whitehill, a former justice on Texas’ Fifth Court of Appeals, at times listened impassively, but on several occasions pushed back at attorneys on both sides.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Not the typical tacky amusement park with cigarette-smoking carnies indifferently pulling the levers on rides battered from being hauled from place to place.—
Mark Lane,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Whenever official institutions are unavailable, fail, or move too slowly, too bureaucratically, or too indifferently, people turn to each other.—
Shelly Sitton-Tygielski,
Time,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Carusillo just experienced a media cancellation of sorts, a consequence of blithely recommending a beauty treatment in one of her articles that ended up putting influencers in the hospital.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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The women are blithely dismissive of their tedious work, but their relationships fray under new stresses—including intrusive surveillance.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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After squeezing the game’s final out, first baseman Leyton MacPherson casually flipped the ball in the air, joined her teammate in a sprint toward Spangler, and gloves began flying.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Soon there’s a birthday party, Valentine’s Day, a brit bat (aka a baby-naming ceremony), Purim (a celebration of Jewish deliverance casually referred to as Jewish Halloween), and a game night at a beer garden.—
Hugh Hart,
IndieWire,
23 May 2026
Adverb
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And then, right as Joe’s already prevalent rage is on the precipice of going nuclear, a CGI giraffe nonchalantly strolls past a third-story window in the background.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2026
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One blueprint for aura farming comes courtesy of a viral video of a boy dancing nonchalantly on a race boat.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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In one scene, he is seen dispassionately watching his own films.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
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Instead, endeavor to stand back, look at the list dispassionately, and judge which three events honestly were the biggest of the year in your judgment.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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The finish is long, with lingering notes of vanilla, lightly tannic oak, and spices.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The $14 formula contains vitamin C to brighten the skin and glycolic acid to lightly exfoliate and tighten.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
31 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Stoically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoically. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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