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
Did you feel like you were playing a feminist stick-in-the-mud?
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 17, 2019
“Lordy, you sound just like your stick-in-the-mud father! We’re on a whirlwind adventure here, Scoob-a-doob! Homework, schmomework!”
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
