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

During Strauss’ own lifetime the musical world was split between Wagner heralding a music of the future and the supposed stuffiness of traditional Brahms.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

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

Maybe it was the club’s stuffiness or the sallow glow of the gaslights, but the room seemed to shrink by the moment.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros