stilted

Example Sentences

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Her melodramatic sorrow at her stilted relationship with Alexis is palpable even as she mourns her daughter’s unwillingness to join her on a wine tasting tour in France . . . when Alexis was seven.

From Salon

We held stilted conversation the rest of the drive back to L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s a stilted quality to the conversation as they discuss their eccentric, inscrutable dad.

From Los Angeles Times

Too stilted in phrasing to our modern poll-tested ears, it was nevertheless, as she said in the video of her retirement announcement, “prophetic.”

From Salon

He heads for his dressing room, where his parents are waiting for him, and then there’s a stilted and awkward scene with his father.

From Salon