STODGY in a Sentence

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For STODGY, below is one of 3 sentences:
For a young person, Winston seems remarkably stodgy: you'd expect someone his age to show a little more life.

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 Meanings and Examples of STODGY
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stodgy
 a.  dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy
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1  For a young person, Winston seems remarkably stodgy: you'd expect someone his age to show a little more life.
2  After reading these stodgy philosophers, I find Bertrand Russell's pellucid style very enjoyable.
3  Neither company has succeeded in shedding its stodgy image.