Sentence examples for was very stuffy from inspiring English sources

"The Albert Hall management, which at that point was very stuffy and very conservative, hadn't been told exactly what it was that was going to be performed.

"It's simply that me, me, me all day long is very stuffy.

Until recently the BBC was accused of being very stuffy indeed".

I was surprised the surtitles didn't run your commentary (they're very stuffy in Covent Garden)." No comment.

If you look at some of the dated terminals, they're very stuffy and low-ceilinged and don't feel very inviting.

Russell's charismatic friend Washington, for example, has "the ability to convince, if only to the point that you felt it would be very stuffy to believe completely in your own position, or for that matter in anything.

The Bank is very stuffy.

"It was very hot and stuffy, even though all the windows were open.

It just was really stuffy in here.

"It was a fund-raiser attended by everyone in Tallahassee high society, very formal, very stuffy, and I was very uncomfortable.

"So kind of you to be punctual," she said, trying to smile, "and thank you very much for breaking the window, it was getting very stuffy in here!" He didn't understand, but she was very nearly smiling and that was a good thing.