How to Use stuffy in a Sentence

stuffy

adjective

• She had a stuffy nose.
• It's very stuffy in here.
• I had a stuffy feeling in my head.
• The dark colors on the walls added to the stuffy feel of the house.
  — Ottavia Zappala, azcentral, 14 June 2018
• The stuffy room smells of hashish and gas from a small heater.
  — Maija Liuhto, Longreads, 28 June 2018
• Hathaway’s Kluger is the stuffy celebrity it-girl and the star of the Met Gala.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 6 June 2018
• Too bad the sport’s stuffy leaders don’t see it that way.
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 6 Nov. 2020
• He and Carlisle head to a stuffy gala with a sea of nametags on blue blazers.
  — refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• Masks can get sweaty, feel stuffy, and can even leave us with a heat rash.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 3 July 2020
• First came the stuffy nose, followed by a sore throat, ear pain and headache.
  — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 12 Apr. 2020
• The weather was warm on the outside but hot and stuffy inside the room.
  — Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• No stuffy art-world or rock-star glamour here, the hats say.
  — John Lingan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2021
• The foam is infused with gel to prevent a hot, stuffy feel.
  — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2022
• Who wants to spend the day in a stuffy, indoor laser tag arena?
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 7 July 2022
• But the Golden Globes doesn’t do stuffy and predictable.
  — Mara Reinstein, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2020
• Awards season can be a bit stuffy, but that all changes with the Grammys.
  — Glamour, 27 Jan. 2020
• No one is out of control, the crowd is nearly stuffy for the bleachers.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2021
• The idea seemed to be making the then-77-year-old look less like a stuffy billionaire.
  — Steven Levy, Wired, 7 Aug. 2020
• In a sea of parties that can feel stuffy, Farfetch’s soiree did not.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 12 May 2022
• While old-school brands can often give off a stuffy feel, that isn't the case with the French fashion house.
  — Glamour, 4 Aug. 2021
• Keep out of crowds and stuffy places as much as possible.
  — Washington Post, 5 May 2020
• Young voters perceived the GOP as stuffy or even scary.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 22 Nov. 2019
• As the hours ticked by in the stuffy room where we were being held, many gave up even a pretense of masking.
  — Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2021
• The château was a gift from Louis XVI to his wife, who would go there to escape the stuffy formalities of the palace.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2021
• Yesterday was so stuffy and sticky — there was no breeze.
  — Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
• The heat of the summer, the stuffy and humid avenues — those were familiar.
  — New York Times, 26 June 2019
• This is nothing like the stuffy, sparkly chandeliers of the past.
  — Megan Mowery, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2021
• There was an extra seat for a neighbor who lived in a stuffy third-floor apartment.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 14 July 2018
• Not too stuffy, not too lightweight, the Viev topper has that Goldilocks effect—jussst right.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 1 Apr. 2023
• Navalny is now serving his 13th stint in solitary confinement in a small, stuffy punishment cell, and has spent a total of four months in such conditions.
  — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Oct 2024