stodginess

Example Sentences

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Letterman’s offbeat, sardonic brand of humor also gave a layer of hipness to CBS, which had long had a reputation for stodginess.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

The creativity of this style of quizzing, I’m convinced, is also a reaction to the stodginess that infects Indian education.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2020

That a bodysuit seems so revolutionary on a tennis court is a testament to the stodginess of the sport and the judginess of its observers.

From Slate • May 31, 2018

The energy of the crowd clearly goosed the cast, counteracting the over-prepared stodginess that hampers so many of these specials.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2018

I take it wherever I go; and I have read it and read it for many summers without yet having entirely assimilated its adorable stodginess.

From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Arnim, Elizabeth von