Sentence examples for sort of uptight from inspiring English sources
Before they know it, they've become the sort of uptight nimrod who writes passive-aggressive tweets to their rail operator whenever they fail to get a seat in the mornings, and then prefixes them with a full stop so everyone can witness their tantrum.
Her parents were rich, Upper East Siders and kind of uptight.
What are you, some kind of uptight feminist?
Because it's the sort of thing those meanie uptight Brits do, you see, like wearing monocles and drinking tea.
Originally he had seen the dice as a way of breaking down some of the habitual stiffness he disliked in his own character: 'I was a shy, uptight sort of guy in my teens and early twenties, and tremendously driven to succeed, get A grades and so on, and I did not like either of those characteristics one bit......
Given such minimalist and orderly circumstances, you might imagine Ms. Meier to be uptight and icy, the sort of person who pulls her hair back like a ballerina's.
This is just a bunch of uptight Americans.
You will seem more attractive and sociable if you look comfortable instead of uptight.
Your character in "Pitch Perfect," Aubrey, is very buttoned-up and uptight on the surface, but sort of boiling underneath, and I'd say the same thing about your role as Sarah Newlin on "True Blood".
Brad had been engaged before to Gwyneth Paltrow, who was a sort of the Taylor Swift of acting in the 90s, all uptight and no fun while constantly pretending to have fun.
