The saturated essence of Durdlebury ran in Marmaduke's blood: an honourable essence, a proud essence; an essence of all that is statically beautiful and dignified in English life; but an essence which, without admixture of wilder and more fluid elements, is apt to run thick and clog the arteries.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
They looked as statically blunt as anvils, but they could stun any animal at two hundred yards; within a two-foot range, they could shake a rock wall down.
"Warlord of Kor"
Terry Gene Carr
When the aerial wire is statically charged, we may describe it by saying that there is an accumulation of electrons or co-electrons in it.
"Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy"
John Ambrose Fleming