Example Sentences

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On those journeys of bludgeoning and self-discovery, he ministers to the devastated, his progressivism gently protecting people from bigots and wearing down Geordie’s fustiness.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 18, 2019

That bit of audience participation suggests Mr. Doyle’s intention to banish fustiness.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2017

Cameron, Osborne and Gove had together been known as the “Notting Hill set,” a group of relatively young, Oxford-educated men who sought to modernize a party long known for its fustiness.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2016

If directors of historical drama want to know how to thwart accusations of fustiness or of anachronism, they should look at what Cairns has done.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2012

She expects fustiness, an elderly funk, but the room smells mildly of soap and books and dried seaweed.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr