Stilted

Grant gave stilted answers on the champagne-coloured carpet.

It’s a beautiful game that has stood the test of time — stilted handling and evil collision detection aside.

One of the signs that a student has used ChatGPT in their work is the use of stilted and repetitive language.

Sometimes it felt stilted but helped the conversation that came next.

The introduction feels forced, though it's funny to take such a dramatic left turn fro talking about the return of the Vanilla Frosty from Wendy's (probably a paid promotion), and Creed's arrival at the desk felt rather stilted.

This was DeSantis’ strongest debate yet, easily eclipsing the stilted delivery and non-answers we saw from him in debates past.

By the 2020s, the happiness gurus sound more like McKinsey consultants, connecting happiness with productivity and focus, using the stilted language and metrics of workplace wellness initiativeshave almost zero real benefits for employees).

For instance, professional articles maintain a formal tone without being stilted, while blog posts might adopt a more conversational style.

Rather than the drab, monotonous voiceover you may expect from two summarizing data, the cadence and vocal performances of NotebookLM’s synthetic podcasters sound far less stilted.

So an example of cringe would be that J. D. Vance trip to the doughnut shop, where his interactions with staff seemed awkward and stilted rather than natural?

The peculiar rhythm of his speech — sometimes too fast, sometimes stilted and never quite right.

They know that you might say nice things about the hat, but if your facial expression is stilted, they might suspect you are holding back your real thoughts.

And it has all the stilted, awkward attempts at addressing very serious topics that one would expect from a university woefully out of touch with its student body.

Having learned from experience that the weight of our gear would cause the stilted catwalk-sidewalks to crumble, we walked directly through the swamp.

Mr Weale said he also started reading pre-prepared statements and described his comments as more "stilted".

Smith played great at times in 2019, but the overall season was stilted and frustrating.

This isn't a pop album bursting at the seams with stilted Southern accents singing about cutoff jeans; it's a raucous collection of seedy country music and good-time rock 'n' roll designed for barroom sing-alongs.

With time and dedication, those stilted early steps can turn into finding their own sound and adding something fresh to the rock canon.

Just 10 casinhas are nestled in the dune forest on stilted wooden decks, each with its own stretch of beachfront.

Margulies and Emmerich lead a generally overqualified cast, who fill in some of the blanks in the stilted writing.