(1) With the stodge and results-first defensiveness of the Verbeek and Osieck interregnums out of the way, it is finally okay to like to the Socceroos again.
(2) Chocolate stout pudding (above) Admittedly, with summer creeping in and temperatures rising, it's hardly pudding season.But I'm a firm believer in the restorative powers of stodge, and I'd hate for the pleasures of pudding – steamed sponges, sticky toffee, spotted dick and custard – to be out of bounds for part of the year.
(3) Stuck between the cultist Friends of Radio 3 and Global Radio’s sprightly three-times-the-size Classic FM, the network vacillates between populist copying and public service broadcasting stodge.
(4) There's a wide selection of teas, a kids' menu, gluten-free and vegan options, and the Sunday brunch is legendary – try the veggie haggis on toast for satisfying hangover stodge.
(5) Far from the tasteless stodge of traditional UK food, American bland-burgers or no-offence Italian pasta and pizza, Nando's food is spicy, with roots in Africa and, therefore, the West Indies.
Stodgy
Definition:
(a.) Wet.
Example Sentences:
(1) Their hearty laughter far surpassed any private hopes of entertaining this endearingly stodgy bunch.
(2) The stereotypical view of the historian is that of a stodgy, bespectacled individual poring over tomes of printed text, dusty manuscripts, and thousands of index cards.
(3) The problem is that rugby is a winter sport, played in stodgy conditions up north that don’t really allow for the development of faster, lighter genuine open-side flankers who can match the likes of Richie McCaw, David Pocock, Francois Louw and Michael Hooper.
(4) Hart conceded his mistake at Ludovic Obraniak's corner had cost his team – "I came out and didn't get there, so it's my fault and that's cost us the three points," he said – even if the home side merited their point on a stodgy surface that was still saturated from the downpour the previous night.
(5) Falcao’s 20 minute appearance, which saw him score his spot-kick, however, was enough to warm the Portuguese and allow him to forget about the stodginess of the opening stages.
(6) Their performance through much of the opening period had been stodgy at best and Oscar's goal on the stroke of half-time was plucked just as the Swiss relaxed for the first time.
(7) The government’s efforts to persuade Indians not to give or accept a dowry – consisting mainly of stodgy sermons – have proved ineffectual.
(8) At the bottom of Les Molliettes lift, +33 450 342208 bethnalgreengirl La Taverne d'Alsace, Val d'Isère La Taverne d'Alsace, Val d'Isère This restaurant, part of Hotel Kandahar but with a separate entrance, doesn't get much hype but serves gorgeous Alsatian food that's not too stodgy – like choucroute and excellent ham hock.
(9) The first thing they’re going to say is: “It wasn’t the Brummie Boardwalk we were promised!” Look them in the eye and respond: “Oh, so you wanted it to plod through two seasons of stodgy plots bogged down by political machinations no one but a policy wonk could get excited about before really getting going in seasons 3 and 4?” Then wait for the applause anyone within earshot will give you.
(10) A closer look reveals a strange mix of the hip and the stodgy in and around the square.
(11) At the same time, they are battling to bring more competition and free market approaches to stodgy state industries; and to tackle the legacy of an unsustainable borrowing binge, including bubbles in the property and stock markets.
(12) After the stodgy, often controversial fare served up in South Africa four years ago, Fifa and the organisers desperately needed the action on the pitch to live up to some very high expectations.
(13) This contest appeared to be heading towards a stodgy goalless draw when, with 10 minutes remaining, Scott Dann failed to deal properly with Billy Jones’s pass.
(14) Hodgson could point to the pitch and the postponement as reason for the stodgy passages of play – although it did not appear to affect the Poles quite as obviously – with vague suggestions that it is "a bit easier to recover for a rearranged game if you're on home soil".
(15) Germany have excelled, Argentina flickered, and there have been sporadic moments elsewhere, but it has been a stodgy start to the competition – not enough drama, too much conservatism and very little of the lacerating "tiki-taka" passing style with which La Roja , at their exhilarating best, have mesmerised us over the last few years.
(16) This was a stodgy display for too long, albeit one that livened up after the interval to yield the decisive goals, and better and bolder opponents than the Swiss might have prospered.
(17) Yet the new personnel, while boasting reputations on paper, have taken time to adapt to the Premier League with the team's rather stodgy and conservative play having failed to enthuse those in the boardroom.
(18) It helped that they had recently acquired Ronaldo" Updated at 7.53pm BST 7.51pm BST 4 min: Dortmund are pressing like a Corby 3300 and Bayern can't find any smoothness in their play and even look relatively stodgy.
(19) Asked whether, this being Chelsea, there might a third coming at some stage in the future – perhaps even if Antonio Conte endures a stodgy start to life at Stamford Bridge next season – Hiddink snapped back: “A big possibility, yes.” The honesty initially felt refreshing, even if the sense of mischief was quickly exposed.
(20) England were facing moderate opponents and this was a stodgy way of showing the gulf in quality.