stuffiness

Example Sentences

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Mr. Irons is a credit to his family, playing Mycroft with the right balance of bemusement with his brother and the stuffiness that befits a member of the Foreign Office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Murdoch built his empire largely by seeking out unfulfilled market segments and offering the public unfiltered alternatives to mainstream cultural stuffiness.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2023

Lynn Seymour, a ballerina from Wainwright, Alberta, who pushed back against stuffiness in ballet and who partnered with Nureyev, Baryshnikov and others, has died at 83.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

So if you want to shake the stuffiness out of your landscape, here are Becker’s tips for how to get started:

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023

For all the stuffiness upstairs, it was damp and chilly down on the street, and Rachel sat shivering on the bench of the wagon, wrapped in a worn shawl that Lyddie recognized as her mother’s.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson