Example sentences for: stuffy

How can you use “stuffy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Aural equivalents of these trompes l'oeil are socalled oronyms— trompes l'oreille —which Pinker describes in Language Instinct (New York, 1994, p. 188), citing such examples as, The stuffy nose can lead to problems The stuff he knows...; It's a doggy-dog world It's a dog-eat-dog world; A girl with colitis goes by A girl with kaleidoscope eyes (Beatles' song); Gladly the cross-eyed bear Gladly the cross I'd bear (traditional Christian hymn).

  • Revolutionizing the whole stuffy concept of law courts, with not a marble column or portico in sight, this sparkling structure spreads out in tiers of glassed-in walkways, offices, and courtrooms, and also shops, restaurants, a small cinema, and a skating-rink.

  • Which means that the stuff risked being stuffy, if you can say that about jeweled ornaments.

  • The consequences of allergies are usually no greater than sneezing, a stuffy nose, and itchy eyes.

  • Although a few of you target drug-dealing students, by far the predominant attack is directed at unimaginative teachers, stuffy administrators, and private companies exploiting a captive audience of children.


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