stalwart

• Awaiting them in the clearing, stalwart, as if the years had not passed, was a half-grown dog fleeced like a black lamb, which Firooz could not distinguish from the dog he had killed and buried. —  FSF,May2008
• The former Chelsea stalwart was a controversial choice for club captain following the departure of Thierry Henry, however he seems to have grown into the role well and relishing the prospect of being the motivating force for his young team. —  Arsenal Mania
• "Monk," 8 p.m. Friday, USA: The season premiere of this cable stalwart is a treat;
• And yet the man himself was so attractive--tall, stalwart, and well-looking--no feature of his face or limb of his athletic form recalling the gross tyrant who concealed worse than Caligula's ugliness from sight in secret chambers--that I shook this preconception from my mind. —  New Italian sketches
• Dickson,--stalwart, genial, gentle Dickson,--his boy,--his boy would know So it was with great eagerness that he looked forward to the Christmas party, for Peace had solemnly promised to be there in her wheel-chair, and it was hard to refrain from telling the whole story to his boy before the time was ripe But when at last the night arrived, Peace was not among the guests who thronged the gayly decorated parsonage. —  Heart of Gold

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