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

These girls make up what the school’s fusty headmistress, Miss Mackay, derisively labels “the Brodie set.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

There was the peculiar name, which conjured visions of a fusty baron.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

When the LIV tour was launched in 2021, bankrolled by the sovereign wealth fund, it telegraphed a sharp break from golf’s fusty traditionalism — and instantly split the world of men’s professional golf.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Only a fool would want to see the return of that closed, fusty world.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall