stuffiness

For many, French cuisine is typified by indulgence, richness and a certain nose-in-the-air type of stuffiness.

Murdoch built his empire largely by seeking out unfulfilled market segments and offering the public unfiltered alternatives to mainstream cultural stuffiness.

It’s understandable to look upon a period literary biopic starring Keira Knightley and presume an object of arid stuffiness.

Lynn Seymour, a ballerina from Wainwright, Alberta, who pushed back against stuffiness in ballet and who partnered with Nureyev, Baryshnikov and others, has died at 83.

In newspapers, she spoke up against the stuffiness of ballet.