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 ● Mar. 16, 2026
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 ● Jan. 27, 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
Maybe being a micromanager and a little uptight weren’t such horrible things after all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024
“Don’t be so uptight, Henry. Compared to Charlie, you're pretty vanilla.”
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
