And if you don't have a certain amount of skill, it will sound stilted.

The words sounded stilted and almost comical, but his reluctance was very clear.

The rhetorical devices do not translate easily and the English can sound stilted or redundant.

The pronunciations common today would have sounded very stilted.

Did she sound stilted, as though the words hurt?

It sounded stilted, as if he didn't open the council formally that often.

Her voice sounded stilted, as if the words had been learned by heart for the dramatic society's play.

Sometimes I specifically tell the musicians not to play the solos because that can sound stilted.

On the other hand, it will not do to make your dialogue so precise and functional that it sounds stilted.

He tried to form the words of an apology, but everything sounded too stilted and insincere.