Example Sentences

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It certainly felt like one of the most stultifyingly dull encounters in the modern history of the fixture.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

He found televised poker stultifyingly dull, however, because the viewer had so little knowledge of the cards in play.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021

In the often stultifyingly conservative world of fandom, where even the smallest act of tinkering to the source material prompts a flurry of down-votes on Rotten Tomatoes, Lindelof’s approach feels bold, even heretical.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2018

No matter what she does or says, the media will always fall back on the stultifyingly familiar "same old same old".

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2016

Her tastes, to be sure, were modest, but the wherewithal to gratify them had always been almost stultifyingly near at hand.

From Outside Inn by Kelley, Ethel M. (Ethel May)