On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Uptight. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as edgy or restive and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Uptight in a sentence
Uptight meaning
- Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
- Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
- Sexually repressed.
Synonyms of Uptight
Using Uptight
- The main meaning on this page is: Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious. | Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense. | Sexually repressed.
- Useful related words include: edgy, restive, overstrung, nervy.
- In the example corpus, uptight often appears in combinations such as: the uptight, uptight and, uptight about.
Context around Uptight
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Uptight
- In this selection, "uptight" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, too, little, hugely, old, vibe and sister stand out and add context to how "uptight" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little uptight which initially and also the uptight old locals. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "uptight" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with uptight
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They are too uptight. (4 words)
Aside from the uptight vibe on Twitter, humour resides there too. (11 words)
Rick and Morty aren't great at dealing with uptight alien races. (12 words)
Beyond Owen being roguish and charismatic (purely a result of Chris Pratt’s casting) and Claire being an uptight workaholic (one of three or four stock female characters that are seen in almost every movie), there’s not much to those characters. (42 words)
Even though it was incredibly hard and frustrating at the same time, as an artist, it helped me to be less uptight about my own work, and let myself flow with what I have,” the makeup artist says. (38 words)
Billed as the true story of an uptight gay teen being liberated on a trip to Thailand, the plot actually focuses more on the carnage the father’s alcoholism wreaks upon the family. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Aside from the uptight vibe on Twitter, humour resides there too.
Caroline, her uptight sister played by Siobhan Cullen, is a doctor involved with Eoin Duffy’s seemingly straightlaced, fitness obsessed schoolteacher Rory.
He gets in the ring and asks Jericho why he’s so uptight and cussing under his breath.
I think she comes off reserved and a little uptight, which initially feels like a negative thing.
Now, Kim and Barry Plath are more relaxed - they were very uptight in early seasons of the show, when they disapproved of Olivia because of their ultra-conservative beliefs.
After her friends and family tell her she's too uptight, she finally agrees to a night out and meets the handsome, complicated Raymond (Arinzé Kene).
But many rushed to the comments to say the woman was being 'ridiculous' and 'uptight'.
Katie is hugely uptight, frustrated and passive-aggressive, all of which we grasp in Coon’s opening monologue.
They are too uptight.
Uptight lawyer Jason Kelly (Zac Efron) is one week away from marrying his boss's controlling daughter, putting him on the fast track for a partnership at his firm.
Again, there are similarities — Mariner is not unlike the unconventional, wacky and weird Rick; Boimler is not unlike uptight Morty.
Also the uptight old locals aren’t sure why the couple have their friend Woody (It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive‘s Kevin O’Connor).
Beyond Owen being roguish and charismatic (purely a result of Chris Pratt’s casting) and Claire being an uptight workaholic (one of three or four stock female characters that are seen in almost every movie), there’s not much to those characters.
Despite proving to be nothing but an annoyance to everyone else, Cordelia actually liked Wesley's uptight and refined personality.
Even though it was incredibly hard and frustrating at the same time, as an artist, it helped me to be less uptight about my own work, and let myself flow with what I have,” the makeup artist says.
It seems as though a lot of the uptight restrictions have been lifted to a degree, allowing them to wrestle again.
Rick and Morty aren't great at dealing with uptight alien races.
The story follows two high school-aged students who are both left relatively alone at their uptight Catholic boarding school over break when their parents fail to pick them up.
You get a bunch of uptight, old white guys together on the weekends.
Billed as the true story of an uptight gay teen being liberated on a trip to Thailand, the plot actually focuses more on the carnage the father’s alcoholism wreaks upon the family.
Common combinations with uptight
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: