uptightness

But the main reason for her uptightness was his potent sensual effect on her.

One Summer Evening Baxter, Mary Lynn 1999

But the main reason for her uptightness was his potent sensual effect on her.

One Summer Evening Baxter, Mary Lynn 1999

Ignorance of the metaphysical led, Gaskin believed, to willfulness in the exercise of human free will that he described as "uptightness" — attachment to the self and its desires.

Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

The Free Families, along with others who in Beth Bailey's terms practiced sexual transgression as a weapon of cultural revolution, inherited their distrust of bourgeois sexual "uptightness" from the Beats.

Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

One aspect I like a lot about Japan is the general lack of "uptightness" people and companies have about the ecchi side of society.

J-List side blog 2010

Clearly there's a fine line between comfortable and slouching, but I imagine that what Murray's supporters are looking for is the physical equivalent of the sort of thing we might expect to come from the mouth of Dave Cameron – received pronunciation with the occasional "wanna" and "godda" thrown in just to emphasise the total lack of uptightness of the fellow.

Wimbledon deafened by cacophony of body language | Harry Pearson 2011

Add Polanski to this toxic cocktail of passive-aggressive PC liberalism (Foster) v Darwinian corporate sharkiness (Christoph Waltz), clueless blue-collar schlubhood (John C Reilly) and screaming uptightness (Winslet), then settle in for a joyously unpleasant ride.

Roman Polanski's Carnage is a joyously unpleasant film 2012

Clearly there's a fine line between comfortable and slouching, but I imagine that what Murray's supporters are looking for is the physical equivalent of the sort of thing we might expect to come from the mouth of Dave Cameron – received pronunciation with the occasional "wanna" and "godda" thrown in just to emphasise the total lack of uptightness of the fellow.

Wimbledon deafened by cacophony of body language | Harry Pearson 2011

Fifties uptightness and English reserve fuel a knock-out comic scene? in which Peter Sullivan, dripping with world-weariness, fails to tell his son the facts of life.

The Late Middle Classes; The Crucible; Ingredient X 2010

I knew Christine O'Donnell as an ideologue of uptightness -- with a fervent position on every issue under the sun.

Jeff Cohen: Christine O'Donnell and Me 2010