Sentence examples for seems uptight from inspiring English sources

At times, you get where she's coming from: Sookie seems uptight and prudish and says things like, "Oh my stars".

But for all its tailoring and nostalgia, somehow Thom Browne's clothes don't seem uptight.

"Yesterday, David Chapelle was looking at my stuff — he didn't seem uptight about the prices," said Mr. Zonis, 50, who lives in a penthouse apartment in the East Village.

If you never liked "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," though you tried to like it but the dialogue seemed uptight, and the glimpses of the sinister past so Halloweeny, and you never fully understood the connection between adolescent alienation and the supernatural because as a teenager you liked realistic stuff that told you how to get by, then you may have a chance to redeem yourself with "Hex".

The "no crossing swords" dictum seemed uptight, not humorous.

Being very precise about time ("I'll be at your house in 8 1/2 minutes") can make you seem uptight.

It's not going to change the way people go about their business; it'll only make you seem uptight and obnoxious.

Although it seems hopelessly uptight to point it out, the book rambles and loops and veers off track more than once.

She may also be lesbian if she seems very uptight and nervous about the topic.

In 2009, Girardi's second season as manager, he planned a surprise outing to a pool hall that helped improve his image by making him seem less uptight.

You seem very uptight and could use one too.