How to Use stilted in a Sentence

stilted

adjective

• The guard scored 23 points but couldn’t make up for a stilted performance on both sides of the court.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• The stilted house even provides its own porch for views from above.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2020
• The dance is her, to be sure – lots of severe, stilted movements and cues from decades past.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 18 Dec. 2022
• The boat took us across the great bay, past stilted huts, floating docks and flooded forest.
  — Smithsonian, 17 Dec. 2019
• The problem is that those lines get more and more stilted, taking many of the performances with them.
  — Caroline Framke, Variety, 16 Dec. 2021
• Even a recent birthday party for one of Aaron’s sons was a bit stilted.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2019
• In the light of day everything looks a little stilted, a little off.
  — Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
• Most have to attend their share of stilted happy hours and softball games.
  — New York Times, 19 July 2022
• Peng re-emerged last week, but in an oddly stilted fashion.
  — Fortune, 23 Nov. 2021
• Their first encounter, in the parking lot of the tiny town airport, is thick with the stilted awkwardness of distance.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
• At their best, the translations are a bit stilted, and the captions pop up just late enough to make following along tricky.
  — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
• Way down upon the Suwannee River Not far from this stilted home.
  — Brett Clarkson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• Musk's mom appears on stage — little stilted, as these things go.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 9 May 2021
• The two sip their drinks and make stilted conversation.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2021
• Villagers in Dazhai spoke with the same stilted nostalgia.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
• Every so often, the green of the forest was broken up by stilted thatched houses.
  — Emily Gillespie, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
• No one here is particularly close, so the first of the film’s many tableside chats gets off to a stilted start.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 23 Sep. 2022
• And all the scenes of orgies, disturbingly graphic childbirth and dragon-flying in the world can't fix a dull plot and a stilted script.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2022
• There are even stilted hotels and restaurants that tourists can visit.
  — Janelle Davis, CNN, 9 July 2022
• The picture marked a break from the current White House’s hodgepodge of awkward iPhone selfies and stilted portraits.
  — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 3 Aug. 2017
• Making small talk can be more stilted over Zoom, and, sometimes, people just don’t get your sense of humor over Slack.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022
• And yet the conversations lack juice, and the engagement is halting and stilted.
  — The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2021
• After some stilted chitchat, Fielder reveals to the teacher that their encounter has all been pre-planned.
  — oregonlive, 12 July 2022
• Heather’s ex, Billy, shows up to take a family photo and give his stilted stamp of approval.
  — Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2021
• The movie’s voice-overs are eloquent and emotional but use stilted language, which didn’t fit Mary’s journey.
  — Alyse Stanley, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
• The playful spirit of Empire cuts the stilted self-seriousness down to size.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• All of this unfolds with prose that is borderline stilted and with major and minor plot turns that make little sense.
  — Richard Lipez, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2019
• Browsing the web and general app performance are both a bit stilted.
  — PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
• Again, this is a rather stilted way of making use of self-driving cars and does not seem especially tenable.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 May 2021
• The family drama seems more stilted than the giant spider story, which also tracks.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024