stagy

Example Sentences

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Employing a stagy New York accent, and saddled with a distractingly unfortunate blond wig, Ms. McCann delivers a long, discursive monologue both boastful and aggressively flirtatious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Every awkwardly declarative, stagy scene in “Bonhoeffer” is just a right-against-wrong equation to be answered by the title character’s virtue.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

With the exception of James Gray’s more cinematically composed “Armageddon Time,” the movies have offered simple, stagy showcases for Hopkins, a lion in winter.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

It’s not just about lightening the mood — humor is a core element of human communication, so its absence makes drama seem more stagy and artificial.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2022

Now he pauses outside the bathroom door, clears his throat, a stagy ahem.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood