The staleness you noticed is due to our men being so largely educated by old women--old maids.
Warham was helping himself to steak again when the coffee came a suspicious-looking liquid diffusing an odor of staleness reheated again and again, an under odor of metal pot not too frequently scoured.
The odor was nauseating--the staleness left by a not too clean sleeper who abhors fresh air.
Staleness is the breeding ground for all sorts of social diseases which most people attribute to quite other causes.
There is a staleness in work as well as in amusement, in love as well as in hate.
Rancidity is usually preceded by general loss of flavor followed by staleness of kernels.
Staleness and rancidity are likely to follow as summer weather approaches.
I remember the case of an Oxford crew which showed the worst symptoms of staleness on a Friday.
The ability to recognize the earliest signs ofstaleness is of the utmost importance.
Green vegetables should have a fresh, unwilted appearance; any sign of staleness or decay should cause their rejection.
Whether this stalenessis necessarily a disadvantage is, of course, a different question.
Mr. Bernard Shaw, in one of his plays, noted truly the limitations of the young American millionaire, and especially the staleness of his English culture; but there is necessarily another side to it.
There was very little trace of staleness about him.
Staleness is the canker that kills many of these expeditions that are planned with the happiest promise.
A change of links often works wonders, but if the staleness has gone very far, and it matters little, it is often wise to give up the golfing part of the holiday if one is in progress.
There is hardly any cure for staleness except complete abstention for a time.
Staleness is very much more easily induced, and develops more quickly and dangerously, in hot weather than at other times, because the tax on the nervous energy and the eyesight is so much greater then.
When staleness comes on, this working arrangement breaks down and the player attempts the hopeless task of trying to do consciously what can only be done the other way.
It was infinitely forlorn and empty, with an air of staleness and discomfort.
We parted--of course; but not in weariness, not in the grey staleness of fatigue and boredom.
