stuffy

Example Sentences

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Call it a rolling away of the stone from stuffy religiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

On the run from her well-to-do, stuffy colonial background, she launched herself into London’s bohemia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

“This doesn’t have to be a stuffy, fourth-wall drama,” says Michael Fell, the show’s creative director.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

“It was the cuisine of America in the ‘60s,” he says, “and it was considered very high-end and chic. Then it became too stuffy and sort of fell out of favor.”

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2025

The room was very small, the air close and stuffy.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers