stodginess

Example Sentences

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Letterman’s offbeat, sardonic brand of humor also gave a layer of hipness to CBS, which had long had a reputation for stodginess.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

The creativity of this style of quizzing, I’m convinced, is also a reaction to the stodginess that infects Indian education.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2020

He is shown celebrating a home run against the Marlins in a new M.L.B. television ad, called “Let the Kids Play,” that pushes back against the perceived stodginess of the game.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2018

That a bodysuit seems so revolutionary on a tennis court is a testament to the stodginess of the sport and the judginess of its observers.

From Slate • May 31, 2018

She could see in profile the heavy jaw clamp upward, and more and more that wooden stodginess became terrible to her.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie