stilted
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For an hours-long ceremony that forfeited any claim to being cool by welcoming two profoundly crappy new categories into its telecast — Most Stilted “Little Mermaid” Preview and Dullest Warner Bros.
From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023
Stilted and scattered and strangely cold in its cinematography, it’s a handsomely shot whole lotta nothin’.
From Slate • Aug. 15, 2018
Stilted summed up the confusion of many, as follows: "Blood Bowl chat – impenetrable dice blog crossed with PES blog, with the volume of 'at peak' Demon Souls blog."
From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2011
The Stilted refers to those who James elected not to join this summer, after visits in consideration thereof.
From Newsweek • Sep. 16, 2010
Stilted English, pompous and high-sounding, is in just as bad taste as garish clothing or pungent perfume.
From The Style Book of The Detroit News by News, The Detroit
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