unrelaxed
Example Sentences
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Relaxed, to the 23-year-old Rutledge, is appearing extremely unrelaxed.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2023
In a two-star review, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw described the "slapstick apocalypse" feature as "laboured, self-conscious and unrelaxed", as well as lacking in real comedy.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2021
For me, Emily Blunt is out of the running for her unrelaxed performance in Mary Poppins, which though studied and stylish, comes close to how Kate McKinnon would play the role in an SNL sketch.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2019
“If you’re asking unstretched, unrelaxed muscles to hold still, you’re immediately going to start shaking and they are going to tense.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2017
The judgments of such men as those with whom you have been living, while they delight me, impose on me the duty of unrelaxed efforts.
From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville