Although today's report is written in the stilted language of bureaucracy, the concern of its authors comes through.
(And given the stilted language of the composer's own libretto, this might not have been a bad thing.)
If the fake files hadn't fooled the cop the stilted language surely would have.
When executed badly, a Cardan message stands out because of stilted language and uneven writing.
Don't use stilted, formal language because you think it's unprofessional to write in simple sentences.
This kind of stilted language, more than anything else, finally sabotages the book.
But, says the author, the steeling grip of lawyers on their stilted language is in fact the result of fear.
She's an English professor at New York University, and is known for using stilted language.
Some of the unfortunate effects of the stilted language can be mitigated in translations.
Its forms, subject matter and stilted language have remained much the same throughout its 200-year history.