stilted
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In the extraordinary abstraction that follows, Thatcher finds her ideal role as one of NWR’s stilted avatars, gussied up in couture and spouting riddles.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Guardian awarded it four stars, external, praising its "spirit of defiance", while The Times only gave it two stars, external, calling the show "sincere" but "stilted".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
And because chatbots cobble together sentences from patterns found in human language, AI messages have their own problematic telltales—clichés and stilted sentences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
We held stilted conversation the rest of the drive back to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
We drove through the darkened streets to his home, talking in a strangely stilted manner.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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