Sentence examples for uptight control from inspiring English sources
In her mother's eyes, Anna is loutish and irresponsible; to her daughter, Tess is an uptight control freak.
Her name is Jennifer, she's played by Claire Forlani, and the big joke is that while Ryan's an uptight control freak who insists on planning everything, Jennifer is a wild, spontaneous, free spirit who lives in and for the moment.
The crucial comic stroke is that the hostess Natasha (hilariously played by Susannah Doyle) is a brittle, uptight control freak whose PC absurdities and competitive approach to motherhood (she's taught her little girl to scream "This is not a petting zoo. I am not an exotic animal" if anyone attempts to touch her hair) turn the evening into a minefield of potential faux pas.
Meanwhile, Tim, played by Ansel Engort (from The Fault in Our Stars) has dropped out of the school football team to dedicate himself to (or, in his words, "invest in") an immersive online fantasy roleplay game, and has now formed a relationship with shy Brandy (Kaitlyn Dever), whose uptight, controlling mom (Jennifer Garner) monitors her every keystroke.
"These people were just so uptight, so controlled," he said.
It's sheer hypocritical, convoluted narrow-minded bullshit spewed by a bunch of uptight, twisted, homophobic, controlling old white men (or, as in the case of Sen. Larry Craig, closeted gays).
Chuck is vain, bombastic and childish; Kelly is controlling and uptight.
Abandon isn't part of Mr. Simon's palette; he's terse, controlled, more than a little uptight.
At Barden University there's a rivalry for the crown of a cappella champs between all-male group The Treblemakers, fronted by arrogant asshole Bumper (Adam DeVine), and all-girl group The Bellas, led by control-freak Aubrey (Anna Camp), so uptight ("aca-scuse me?") that she sabotaged their own performance at last year's final by projectile vomiting into the third row.
He made a series called Click about an uptight lady who becomes severely horny whenever a remote control is switched on and she enjoys severe sexual humiliation for four awesome books.
You can't control the weather, so you can't get uptight about it.
