Sentence examples for become stuffy from inspiring English sources

How far would you go to prove that you had not become stuffy and predictable?

Anyone whose nose has ever become stuffy because of a cold knows that what people perceive as taste sensations is based only partly on the tongue.

Helander's works have the rare ability to cross-pollinate artistic movements and source texts without letting his works become stuffy or overcrowded.

The air-conditioning was not on, and as the air became stuffy, many in the audience began fanning themselves with folded programs.

Among the gee-whiz interior components is an air vent inspired by the intakes on the Typhoon fighter jet, which is automatically deployed from the dash to blast air if the interior becomes stuffy, lest a motorist compromise the car's drag coefficient by opening a window.

Too many words and your writing becomes stuffy, pompous, or unreadable.

You can test this yourself: try breathing through one nostril and then the other, and you'll probably find that one becomes stuffier than the other.

Plus, he has remained so grounded since he got his second Michelin Star, so the restaurant has never become too stuffy.

His schtick – skewed angles, endless close-ups, off-centre framing – has already tripped into the realm of self-parody, but here it helps to offset what could have otherwise become a stuffy Sunday-evening television film.

He says that although Seattle can boast many good poets, literary readings had become too stuffy and factional, either shutting poets out or driving them away.

Shakespeare's Garter Inn, for example, becomes a stuffy old hotel that must accommodate the nouveau riche.