stuffiness

Example Sentences

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Stuffiness cramps our respective styles and induces orthodoxy.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2010

Stuffiness, traditions of all stripes were panting on the ropes; the mood was full throttle into a brave new world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Marked symptoms of Old School Stuffiness in the service have recently begot the quip that "if the Foreign Office says so, you can be sure it's wrong."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Stuffiness, stuffiness everywhere—it leads to nothing but stuffiness!"

From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson