stick-in-the-mud
Example Sentences
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His threat of legislation will die, written off by other members of Congress as more grumping from a lifelong stick-in-the-mud.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Like the husband is super funny and the wife is a stick-in-the-mud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
She arrives where some of internet’s earliest, stick-in-the-mud critics began, championing the worth of the unbroken story of one unique mind as a treasure the collective stream of consciousness can’t replace.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2021
There’s no question that Cary Grant’s serpentine charm wins out over Ralph Bellamy’s stick-in-the-mud decency, but not everyone is “sold American” on Walter Burns.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2020
I have settled down here and gotten to be such a stick-in-the-mud I don’t even like to go out!
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
