She was so nervous that she spoke in a stilted manner. From LearnThat.org.
I shall type in stilted sentences, where humorous. From Wordnik.com. [September 5th, 2005] Reference
Where the centre is at a point above the diameter, it is called a stilted arch. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
Also, I find the quotes kind of stilted out of context. From Wordnik.com. [It Never Stops - Six More Beautiful Watchmen Posters! « FirstShowing.net] Reference
It's that kind of stilted language that runs rampant throughout the show. From Wordnik.com. [Matt Budd: Die Mommie Die -- Diva to Diva] Reference
Mr. Farnes and other new competitors call the established houses "stilted" and "old-fashioned.". From Wordnik.com. [Rogue Tailor Needles Savile Row, Gets Himself a (Law)Suit] Reference
That kind of stilted he did this then that happened then something else happened of the first example?. From Wordnik.com. [13 « April « 2010 « Fantasy Author's Handbook] Reference
In fact, "stilted" was his word for much of the dialog, and especially monologs, of the heroes and anti-villains. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
But we spent most of the time chasing around a small group of five stilted Sandpipers (hence the "stilted" birding). From Wordnik.com. [The Birdchaser] Reference
They know how to deliver the kind of stilted, world-weary verbosity that somehow quickens the pulses of this genre's readers. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
A photo of the actors doing some kind of stilted group-brood. From Wordnik.com. [ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs] Reference
"stilted," and cries out for notes, but it embodies some of his finest and most vigorous work as a satirist. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
I obeyed, forever that stilted child, frozen in conundrums. From Wordnik.com. [The Magical Thinking of Birds] Reference
This helps ensure a stilted article without a shred of personality. From Wordnik.com. [Japan: Lost in Translation?] Reference
They were right: one wag called him "awkward, stilted and mechanical.". From Wordnik.com. [And Now, a Word From Our Nemesis] Reference
The arches are stilted, the columns Romanesque, and the porch arcaded. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
He speaks stilted Taiwanese, the local dialect and language of the street. From Wordnik.com. [Divided Island] Reference
In the interior the arches are early pointed, inclining to the stilted form. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
COMMUNICATIONTerrific off the cuff, but prepared speeches stilted, long-winded. From Wordnik.com. [A Voter's Guide To The Issues] Reference
All unnecessary words and all stilted phrases should be stripped from a letter. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
He thought that if they talked over a meal it would be more familiar, less stilted. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: Dissing Tom Daschle] Reference
On the trail, Clark seemed stilted at times, lapsing into military lingo that drew blank stares. From Wordnik.com. [PUMPING UP THE VOLUME] Reference
First, the stilted and depressing Max Headroom video from the president of the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Oral Exam, Part II] Reference
Gore's early forays into New Hampshire for the all-important first primary had been stilted affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Caught In Clinton's Shadow] Reference
The Lee family time began -- an hour of stilted togetherness with the FBI taking notes on every word. From Wordnik.com. [Into The Sunshine] Reference
And now if he had a girl in his office, the door seemed to be welded ajar, the talk stilted and bland. From Wordnik.com. [The Snowbank] Reference
They quoted celebrities making the same stilted claims in the same words, sometimes for different brands. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Pure Poppycock] Reference
"It's something that I don't think about at all," insists the 54-year-old coach, in his stilted parlance. From Wordnik.com. [Doing It Without The Man] Reference
Then 78 and frail in a tattered shirt and loose red trousers, he welcomed us into his wooden, stilted house. From Wordnik.com. [Revisiting the Killing Fields] Reference
Still, it's weirdly fascinating to hear the author's gravelly, bumbling, stilted intonation of CIA skulduggery. From Wordnik.com. [The New Oral Tradition] Reference
"The Reader" can feel stilted and abstract: the film's only flesh-and-blood characters spend half the movie separated. From Wordnik.com. [The Reader] Reference
As he continued to talk in stilted, qualifying statements, she sat wondering if he had cancer or was secretly married. From Wordnik.com. [Wedding: Janine Van Lancker and Ajit Pai] Reference
Assorted ration cards and food stamps fill a display case above the stilted caption queuing to rice was always a suffering. From Wordnik.com. [The Song of the South] Reference
CCTV, China's biggest station, is known for its endless programs on Chinese opera, stilted newscasts and dull historical dramas. From Wordnik.com. [THE PRINCESS WHO WOKE THE DINOSAUR] Reference
Do you like "Heroes" because of the hammy acting, stilted dialogue and utter lack of internal logic, or in spite of those factors?. From Wordnik.com. ['Lost' Questions and Semi-Answers] Reference
His speeches were a bit stilted and his delivery ranged from wooden to adequate, but dazzled TV commentators found them "rousing.". From Wordnik.com. [Mandela] Reference
If autistic people talk at all, they often speak in a stilted singsong, as the Dustin Hoffman character did in the film "Rain Man.". From Wordnik.com. [Tales From Another World] Reference
Their interactions are weirdly stilted, as if both are performing alone against a green screen, not actually playing off each other. From Wordnik.com. [Fox Tries Funny] Reference
Certainly, when Ivory was faced with incompatible material, such as Tama Janowitz's "Slaves of New York," his filmmaking could be stilted. From Wordnik.com. [Forster Revisited] Reference
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