Sentence examples for uptight by from inspiring English sources

It's an unfair fight, of course, but it has the benefit of making stodgy ticket buyers feel a little less uptight by encouraging them to root against those ridiculous squares.

This was a western band, a jazz band, a dance band in general, and as good as its regular studio records could be, they sound compressed and uptight by comparison.

Batting is hard enough as it is, so you don't want to make it ever harder for yourself by getting uptight by a bit of taunting from the opposition.

This is the way models and designers routinely line up to take a bow at the end of a show, in one of the many rituals that dictate the shape and pacing of Fashion Week, which, despite the flutter and buzz, felt like a very uptight, by-the-book affair, the way power rituals are.

Chief among these was a hippie-like VW bus named Fillmore and an uptight, by-the-book Army Jeep called Sarge.

Colin Hanks is the uptight, everything-by-the-book epitome of modern policework.

Used to being the center of attention with her swirling outfits, honey blond hair and flair for self-dramatization (she dreams of becoming an actress), Lola is astonished to find herself the odd girl out at her new school, dominated by uptight preppies led by the imperious Carla (Megan Fox).

It's hard to tell from one episode — Lamb mostly comes across as uptight, marked by an unsettling squint.

Finkel is the central character of True Story (the film is based on his 2009 memoir), but as played with uptight intensity by Jonah Hill, he's no hero.

It was a mistake, by the way, to include a character (Allison's uptight fiancé, played by Christopher J. Hanke) who wants to be thought of as witty but keeps seeing his jokes wither and die on the vine.

Later seasons added and subtracted characters – an uptight neighbor played by Elizabeth Perkins; a Mexican politician and drug kingpin played by Demián Bichir – while moving the principal cast members (including Justin Kirk, Hunter Parrish and Kevin Nealon) from California to Seattle to Dearborn, Mich., to Copenhagen to Manhattan.