uptight
Example Sentences
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But their actions and consequences underscore a common challenge for today’s managers: how to avoid being seen as uptight while also staying out of trouble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Will such scrutiny, in the end, make players uptight or liberate them?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Sean Penn, Hollywood's eternal rebel, on Sunday won a third Oscar for his comic yet terrifying portrayal of an absurdly uptight soldier ashamed of his past in "One Battle After Another."
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
Before we meet any characters in “The Family Stone,” Thomas Bezucha’s 2005 holiday dramedy about a close-knit extended family meeting their prodigal son’s uptight new girlfriend for the first time, a cellphone rings.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025
“I guess when uptight people like that get mad, they get really mad. Like my father.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
