1. He fell to the ground writhing in stagy agony.

2. The room was decorated with stagy opulence.

3. I thought the program "I, Claudius" was a stagy bore.

4. He found it absurdly stagy, and was partly embarrassed, partly amused.

5. For the barking fat-faced mediocrity in the stagy black uniform he feels chiefly to be attempted, modified by caution.

6. One of the men spotted her and emitted a stagy wolf-whistle.

7. He has a second reason, spelled out in one of several stagy subplots.

8. Instead, the cast simply walked about, making the walking dramatic without being stagy.

9. I admit I was unfamiliar with Mr. Zero, but after seeing Mr. Tisci's stagy clothes and spacey hats, I am now.