stilted

The words came in the same stilted fashion as before.

People say things to each other in a stilted manner to provide us with information.

But the stilted quality of the language was most unusual.

Since then, he has played in a stilted manner from every corner of the court.

Although the works are in the still life tradition, that category is too stilted for them.

Before the stilted conversation could go any further, the second man stepped forward.

His tone was so stilted and correct, she had to laugh.

Her voice sounded stilted, as if the words had been learned by heart for the dramatic society's play.

When you have the older generation around, the whole restaurant process becomes stilted.

It used a stilted form of Isaac's voice to reply.

"Has your father's nose," her mother said, in that stilted voice again, as if she were trying to change the subject.

The results, though often beautiful, could also look stilted.

As for the stilted gestures, these too are carefully planned.

We must have sat talking for nearly fifteen minutes, in this absurd stilted way.

What often sounds and feels stilted to us, because we are learning it, will sound quite normal to everyone else.

Her family's stilted house was standing, though with no stairs and about 100 yards less of beach out front.

This kind of stilted language, more than anything else, finally sabotages the book.

Did she sound stilted, as though the words hurt?

And if you don't have a certain amount of skill, it will sound stilted.

It all feels very stilted and worked up, as if the author wasn't there.

Lauren had settled into a stilted polite relationship with her parents.

It is perhaps too late in the day to express regret for its stilted title.

The words seemed stilted and insincere even to his own ears.

They are often able to humanize what, in other hands, might have seemed like stilted exercises.

And all too soon the stilted conversation ran out.