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 Meanings and Examples of STOICAL
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stoical
 a.  enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint
Classic Sentence:
1  Each warrior sprang upon his feet at the utterance of the well-known appellation, and there was a short period during which the stoical constancy of the natives was completely conquered by surprise.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24
2  He preserved a stoical and cold attitude.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
3  He was stoical, serious, austere; a melancholy dreamer, humble and haughty, like fanatics.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON
4  No wavering took place in his stoical audience.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE
5  I have found that you can be as stoical as anyone, when you please.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
6  He stood stoically while she spun nonsense.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
7  They, too, were waiting: obstinately, stoically waiting, and giving off a potency of silence.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
8  Then it becomes resigned, and stoically accepts catastrophe in lieu of triumph.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
Example Sentence:
1  Her great-grandfather had clearly been a dedicated and stoical traveller.
2  She never ceased to admire the stoical courage of those in Northern Ireland.
3  Demonstrations are rare in stoical Iceland, a country of only 300,000 people.