adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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Being so uptight all the while can't be good for you.
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Lately people seem to be so uptight .
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Now she's so uptight she can't relax at all and cringes even when I cuddle her.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He tries to be kind, but he always seems a little uptight .
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I just try not to get too uptight about anything.
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I wish you would stop being so uptight .
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My parents have always been uptight about me dating boys.
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She's one of those narrow-minded, uptight people who think that for a work of art to be great it can't be pleasurable.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Being so uptight all the while can't be good for you.
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Ike and Tina proved they could even tear the roof off of prestigious and uptight Carnegie Hall.
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Lately people seem to be so uptight .
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Most of the time he was really uptight , and to be honest, looking back, we weren't truly professional.
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Movie companies are understandably uptight about relinquishing control over how products are portrayed by film makers.
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The conditions made everybody uptight , and it was very difficult to have a normal working atmosphere.
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When Ian becomes uptight it can affect his game.
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You were an uptight person all my life.