uptight

Example Sentences

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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

The depictions of Ruth’s uptight and stingy brother Hyacinth and jealous and mother-in-law from hell “old Mrs. Hall” are both hoots.

From The Wall Street Journal

This wasn’t Clara, not the one he knew, the girl who was a brilliant business owner and too uptight and looked like she’d walked straight out of an old silent film.

From Literature

On its surface, Atlas seems to be delivering a revenge fantasy: All those uptight women who rejected you will get dumped by the time they’re 30, guys!

From Salon

“We are three extremely exhausted dads in our 30s,” replies the uptight one, “how epic could it be?”

From Los Angeles Times