stodgy

Example Sentences

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The equal-weight index is off to one of its best starts to a year in decades as stodgy stocks get rediscovered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

"Sometimes it comes naturally, it flows and everything clicks. You look really dangerous and there's a spark. Sometimes it's a little bit stodgy."

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Putnam’s post-Earhart life was a roller coaster of cash woes and notoriety; the following year he staged his own kidnapping, alienating his stodgy publishing community.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

Without proper mise en place — ingredients prepped, broth warmed, tools within reach — you risk a gummy, stodgy disappointment.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025

Rumor had it that the peanut butter maker’s husband—a stodgy, surly type—shut down the factory after his wife’s death, purely out of spite.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff