fusty
Example Sentences
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Pilates, which combines stretching and body weight conditioning exercises, has, for some, a fusty image - a gentle and genteel workout for those of advancing years.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
The policing techniques satirized in the film may be futuristic, but its structure is fusty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Kim is aware that some see his work as a little fusty and nationalistic — “North Korea-esque,” some have called it.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
The most recent, directed by Michael Grandage, was especially cluttered and fusty.
From New York Times • May 7, 2023
I hadn’t expected him to be so fusty.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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