stilted in English
we made stilted conversation
villages of stilted houses
Use "stilted" in a sentence
1. He fashioned no stilted epigram.
2. We made polite, stilted conversation.
3. He fashioned no stilted epigram. Sentencedict.com
4. The dialogue was stilted and robotlike.
5. He found the whole conversation stilted and turgid.
6. We made stilted conversation for a few moments.
7. His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.
8. Stilted Archivolts Giclee Print by John Ruskin
9. He writes in a formal and rather stilted style.
10. Perhaps for this reason, his language was somewhat stilted.
11. Also a memorized speech often sounds stilted and formal.
12. Granted, a lot of electronic exchanges are stilted and jittery.
13. These squabbling Tolstoys and their stilted histrionics were conceited and exasperating.
14. Formal , stilted, sometimes even farcical are his village elections.
15. Formerly it was stilted, boring, narrow in approach and poorly laid out.
16. 30 These squabbling Tolstoys and their stilted histrionics were conceited and exasperating.
17. A stilted walkway led through a gate to the sand.
18. And the stilted, dying Tybalt threatens to topple into the crowd.
19. Master spider, stilted or stifled, spin us a web and heed our call.
20. The dialogue is stilted, terse and bare , like the syncopated sparks of sharpening knives.
21. The dialogue sounded stilted and unnatural, perhaps because of the translation from the original Russian.
22. A gifted performer continues her fantastic voyage into Actorly grandeur in a slightly stilted film
23. Chest out, glowing with pride we return to base with labrador on lap and conversation stilted.
24. I watched her shuffle, wriggle and avert her eyes while we made stilted conversation about our lives.
25. A good Conversation starter can transform an awkward, stilted Conversation into an interesting, enjoyable discussion
26. Consequently they sound stilted and reluctant and rob what they say of much reward value.
27. 20 The dialogue sounded stilted and unnatural, perhaps because of the translation from the original Russian.
28. Conversation seemed rather stilted and for some time Charlie himself seemed unable to speak at all.
29. Flashbacks to stilted junior-year productions started whizzing by faster than you can say Grosse Pointe Blank.
30. In one of the evening's best performances, she recounts a recent audition in a hilariously stilted delivery.
31. At other times her minimalist approach seems vaguely stilted, and even her immensely watchable face can't carry the day.
32. And while you may not swear or shout aloud, your writing slows, words dropping stiff and stilted.
33. Do not learn your lines, as this can make the talk rather stilted unless you are a competent actor.
34. This stilted and challenging environment, which came to be called stAgflation, eventually drove the more perceptive people into gold and silver.
35. In particular, Fry gave the dialogue a slightly more formal and archaic tone without making it sound stilted and medieval.
36. What was it that was happening, with this stilted mist hanging, obscuring the view of all but the immediate path ahead.
37. Stilted dialogue aside, The Conqueror is a quite spectacular, action packed epic, which makes excellent use of the panoramic Utah locations
38. This stilted and challenging environment, which came to be called stAgflation, eventually drove the more perceptive people into gold and silver.
39. If you're a grammarian, consider it a verb, though saying that someone "romanced" someone else sounds about as stilted and antiquated as hearing that someone went "a-wooing.
40. 228.) _Ko'i honua_ (ko'i ho-nú-a) -- a compound of the causative _ko_, _i_, to utter, and _honua_, the earth; to recite or Cantillate in a quiet distinct tone, in distinction from the stilted
41. Contrived: 1 adj showing effects of planning or manipulation “a novel with a Contrived ending” Synonyms: planned designed or carried out according to a plan adj artificially formal “ Contrived coyness” Synonyms: artificial , hokey , stilted affected , unnatural speaking or behaving in …
42. Performances are mostly stilted, but Iglehart and Washington have a naturalistic chemistry (their scenes are shot with live sound and they seem to be Adlibbing some of the dialogue, and the audio quality is noticeably rougher than the scenes with dubbed actors).
43. The most difficult aspect of translating it is to try to phrase the poem in an English that is neither stilted nor Archaising, whilst accepting that it is ancient poetry and often written in the heightened register of, as in the piece above, Archaic ritual contexts
44. 2 having the style and content of everyday conversation struck a very Conversational tone in his reports of his travels through foreign countries 3 used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing uses Conversational language instead of more stilted expressions in her campaign speeches
45. “Acrimony” is a story about bitterness and anger, with a dictionary definition of the title filling the screen to set the mood. After a brief and stilted court scene, Melinda (Henson) is smoking and talking to the camera where an unseen psychiatrist should be sitting.
46. Benchley’s story begins well enough but quickly devolves into irritatingly familiar soap opera dynamics and melodramatic narrative set-pieces; the sexually frustrated housewife, the ‘heated’ cliched exchanges between the beleaguered police chief and Town Selectmen and there are set-pieces in the book which are so stilted and wooden that
47. The CGI throughout the Berserk reboot is sadly hilariously stilted and stiff, be it characters in motion or simple scenes where they exchange dialogue.The main character, Guts, is animated so that his closed eye looks shut in a constant state of constipated aggression, while his mouth movements are so basic they're Muppet-like.
48. The smile, perhaps, where lately the laugh would have been—the little check of recollection, even as she was perching herself with a tomboyish swing on the edge of a table, that she "was grown-up now"—slight little Ceremoniousnesses, stilted little phrases and momentary forgettings again—I missed not one of …