stodge

British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stodge In the oven, the zucchini gave enough liquid to finish cooking the rice, and the cream was a more delicate binder than roux, which so frequently turns a gratin into stodge. New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stodge
Noun
  • These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.
    Alison Snyder, Axios, 23 Feb. 2025
  • And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • David Corenswet plays, quite literally, a stick-in-the-mud character.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In the Herbert Ross film, Bacon played big-city teen Ren McCormack, who moves to the small town of Bomont, where its stick-in-the-mud local minster, the Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), has instituted a ban on dancing.
    EW.com, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • Mini Winnie is a western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus), a subspecies whose numbers have plummeted by more than 80% in the last two decades.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Warren Buffet was considered a technical troglodyte for never investing in the dot-com boom.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Run by the Museums of Western Colorado’s Paleontology Division, half- and full-day Dinosaur Digs and Expeditions from June through September invite children ages 5 and up (or 7+ for the full day) to participate in real-life excavations, prospecting, fossil prep, and more.
    Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Subjects range from a dinosaur fossil dig in Central China, the opening of Cuba to American tourists, the new energy in Vienna and the best seafood spots on Canada’s Prince Edward Island to a luxury camp in Antarctica and the best new restaurant in New York.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Her characters were women whose roles often implied their own eventual replacements: teachers, fading former love interests, fuddy-duddy old-fashioned relics.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The good news is that for every fuddy-duddy like myself who can’t seem to get on board with crowdfunding kids’ lives, there are twice as many generous, kind-hearted individuals willing to give a little—or a lot—toward schools, sports, and charities.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Feb. 2024

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“Stodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stodge. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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