fusty
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But classic feels too fusty and self-conscious, even though “Hokum” has all the tropes: looming figures, clanging bells, ominous dumbwaiters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
The policing techniques satirized in the film may be futuristic, but its structure is fusty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
That breach of cricketing etiquette, in an era of fusty formality, was sufficient to slightly irk Bradman as he walked from his crease.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024
The most recent, directed by Michael Grandage, was especially cluttered and fusty.
From New York Times • May 7, 2023
But the stupid island was where he was going to spend this night, at least, in soiled clothes that were beginning to smell fusty.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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