He explained certain military figures in the boxes opposite, and certain ladies of rank who did not look their rank; Miss Triscoe, to Mrs. March's thinking, looked their united ranks, and more; her dress was very simple, but of a touch which saved it from being insipidly girlish; her beauty was dazzling.
"Their Silver Wedding Journey"
William Dean Howells
It wandered along so sweetly and mildly, not to say insipidly, that of course it was popular with Victorian England.
"Memoirs of an American Prima Donna"
Clara Louise Kellogg
Her complexion was insipidly fair, and the two smooth bands of hair beneath her cap were of that sunless, flaxen hue which generally accompanies pink cheeks and white eyelashes.
"Lady Audley's Secret"
Mary Elizabeth Braddon