Sentence examples for overly uptight from inspiring English sources
And the way that this plays out isn't fully satisfying, since the film seems to be trying to have it both ways at once: revealing Jamie to be a scoundrel, and revealing Josh to be an overly uptight moralist who needs to lighten up and accept Jamie for who he is.
Call me overly subjective, but I assume that everyone is addicted to sex at heart it's just that some people are too uptight to admit it.
Call me overly subjective, but I assume that everyone is addicted to sex at heart – it's just that some people are too uptight to admit it.
"You're too uptight," she'd told him.
"I'm too uptight," he said.
In America she is seen as uptight and overly worried about propriety and appearances; in Bangladesh she is seen as the headstrong one "who'd done everything her own way".
That said, I like being with people who are relaxed and fun (I have an aversion to uptight and overly controlling people) so I'm always happy to hang out with people who are relaxing in whatever way they can.
He even adopts careful, overly perfect English, which makes him sound like an (uptight) foreigner in his own city.
