Sentence examples for solid himself from inspiring English sources

Though he was solid himself, Lundqvist received crucial assistance from the Rangers skaters in front of him.

He shunned the aggressive but double-edged thrust 4 f4, satisfying himself with the solid but restrained 4 Nf3.

A solid player himself, he boasts a handicap in the single digits.

She uses the fact that she's an actress in the way a solider protects himself with a weapon.

Gordon will just be himself – solid.

Five months into his term, his centre-right coalition looks solid, and he himself exudes an air of confidence.

DeBusschere off the court possessed a sense of humor, a sense of balance, a solid sense of himself.

He took photographs of paintings – of himself, solid and dark, among a group of shadowy painted self-portraits, of the painting of The Sick Child, of himself in bed, one in the series of fateful beds.

When Emma's mother drops the buggy and runs, Tyler proves himself solid grandfather material, supporting Dante as he reluctantly shoulders his responsibilities in the face of terror and denial.

Quell sees through Dodd (sees through him literally, as shown in a remarkable fantasy sequence) — and understands that Dodd's essential power and motive is vulgarly and satyrically erotic, and, though he neither acknowledges nor yields to any overt attraction, his own sexual energy is utterly diverted to his high-exertion service, like a boxer keeping himself solid for a bout.

A recent "psychological and psychopharmacological" report by the California Department of Developmental Services said Noah exhibited a "failure to develop peer relationships, a lack of social or emotional reciprocity," and it described some of his "maladaptive behaviors" like "banging his head against solid surfaces, pinching himself and grabbing others".