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There are seven characters in the play but at least seven different romantic couplings, most of them conducted with proper British attitudes and stiff upper lips.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
And Lloyd brings a stiff upper lip that melts away to secret tenderness and fear to Celeste, who is not only navigating the realities of being the only Black woman in the group, but also returning home to take care of her ailing mother.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Ironically, stiff upper lips seem to have almost vanished as both sexes burst into tears if anything either lovely or lousy happens to them.
—Jilly Cooper, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale brings back the old gang for what’s promised to be one last roundabout of scandals, side eyes, stiff upper lips, sniffling goodbyes and soapy operatics.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
And Lloyd brings a stiff upper lip that melts away to secret tenderness and fear to Celeste, who is not only navigating the realities of being the only Black woman in the group, but also returning home to take care of her ailing mother.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Ironically, stiff upper lips seem to have almost vanished as both sexes burst into tears if anything either lovely or lousy happens to them.
—Jilly Cooper, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale brings back the old gang for what’s promised to be one last roundabout of scandals, side eyes, stiff upper lips, sniffling goodbyes and soapy operatics.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Stiff upper lip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stiff%20upper%20lip. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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