staginess
Example Sentences
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The two actors—and Mr. Rash’s script—make them human, and genuine, and kept this viewer close to entranced despite the staginess of the production.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The staginess of this revival doesn’t always feel fresh.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
A similar staginess undercuts Mr. MacKay’s grip on the initially grim-faced Mick; the actor has been allowed to turn several of the character’s longer speeches into breakneck verbal marathons calculated to earn applause.
From New York Times • May 6, 2016
“He certainly liked the theater of sickness, the staginess, the attention it brought him, and later the excuses it provided.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2016
He looks like a rock star, but he has none of a rock star’s swagger and braggadocio and staginess.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
