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: being in financial difficulties
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Examples of uptight in a Sentence
If our flight is delayed, there's nothing we can do. There's no reason to get so uptight about it.
I don't know why people are so uptight about sex.
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Of course, a sitcom heroine needs a love interest, and Fielding gave Bridget two: the dreamy but uptight Mark Darcy and the dreamy but toxic Daniel Cleaver.
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John Russell, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
Released in 2003 to a worldwide gross of over $160M, Freaky Friday introduced viewers to Tess Coleman, a single mother and uptight psychiatrist, and her rebellious teenage daughter, Anna.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 June 2024
Thompson is great at playing an uptight workaholic and DuPaty is a believable overeager unemployed overachiever who’s afraid of not pulling his weight around the house yet also has an equal say in everything to do with their relationship.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2024
Before the duo left the big city for Alaska, though, viewers meet hardcore Margaret, and Thomas crafted a custom wardrobe for her that took her level of uptight to an extreme.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024
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John Russell, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
Released in 2003 to a worldwide gross of over $160M, Freaky Friday introduced viewers to Tess Coleman, a single mother and uptight psychiatrist, and her rebellious teenage daughter, Anna.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 June 2024
Thompson is great at playing an uptight workaholic and DuPaty is a believable overeager unemployed overachiever who’s afraid of not pulling his weight around the house yet also has an equal say in everything to do with their relationship.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2024
Before the duo left the big city for Alaska, though, viewers meet hardcore Margaret, and Thomas crafted a custom wardrobe for her that took her level of uptight to an extreme.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024
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“Uptight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptight. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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uptight
adjective
up·tight
ˈəp-ˈtīt 
(ˌ)əp-ˈtīt,
ˌəp-ˌtīt
: being tense, nervous, or uneasy
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