Sentence examples for a bit stuffy from inspiring English sources

But he doesn't; he wears double breasted suits, which are also a bit stuffy, but which are not the same.

Sfar transforms Saint-Exupéry's voice — still a bit stuffy for kids, a bit snide for adults — into a living person, who dearly loves his Little Prince.

With its decorous chateaus, often depicted on the label, and complex hierarchies of quality, Bordeaux wine can indeed seem a bit stuffy.

It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy's reputation with her rather ordinary (if well-heeled) granny style – a bit stuffy, maybe, but not snooty.

Another Aleppo mainstay is Sissi House, which can feel a bit stuffy — French-only menus, no prices listed — but whose lamb kebob lathered in tangy cherry sauce is worth the visit.

Our stylebook recommends "like" in this kind of expression: "Big companies like General Motors and Coca-Cola reported strong earnings". The idea is that "such as" sounds a bit stuffy, and indeed it is seldom used that way in conversation.

"It may be just a little bit stuffy," Mr. Wooten said, "but what counts is that it has a quiet atmosphere to talk business, and great steaks".

THE standard sort of science fair can be a little bit stuffy.

It all seems a bit affected, stuffy, put on - the obsession with Wagner and gothic architecture.

Driving, tuning and creating within a living community breathes essential life to a game genre that can occasionally be a bit too stuffy for its own good.

The rooms suggest elegance and grandness without seeming the least bit stuffy.