stodginess

Example Sentences

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The name is tongue-in-cheek, but investors haven’t had patience for actual stodginess lately.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

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 supporting performers kept the evening from slipping too far into stodginess.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

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

What is popularly regarded as respectability is oft-times in reality—if the truth were known— merely stodginess and stupidity.

From The Confessions of Artemas Quibble by Train, Arthur Cheney