Congress holds hundreds of hearings every year that are typically staid proceedings.

Soldiers had staid in the house at the time of the Revolution.

He went up into the meadow, and Watch staid in the kitchen.

Grandpapa took me in the cars, and I staid almost a week.

The others, water and fats and carbohydrates, are pretty stable and staid.

Kisses were rare in the staid little household to which she belonged.

In this condition we staid, till the bell rang for morning prayers.

There was little or no friendly intercourse; each party staid to itself.

Only when you see the staid-faced musicians do you realize the truth.

We dragooned the staid Morgan into playing the piano while we ragged.

He remembered once driving a staid, well-behaved horse in a country lane.

Christ did few miracles in Nazareth, and staid but a little while.

I hope the curse will be staid until I go back home.

But around that time the staid Stock Exchange Journal was going broke.

So I staid, in some pain, it being late, and post night.

The American rifle program, once staid and organized, had become fully disordered.