Example Sentences

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There’s a bittersweet circularity to the tune, with a deliberate stiltedness to the arrangement.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 10, 2018

But some of this group managed to trump its stiltedness.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2018

They’re fake and robotic, beginning and ending with a stiltedness that never accompanies real human laughter.

From The Verge • Jul. 19, 2017

Despite the stiltedness of some of the dialogue, the scene has genuine emotional power.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2016

Yet, in spite of its stiltedness, it breaks the spell of consternation and confusion that has bound the others in its chains, and restores them to speech.

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess