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How to use Stiff in a sentence

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Stiff penalties are to be introduced for people who make bogus insurance claims.
Stiff zoning laws, even when they're well-intended, result in unintended consequences.
Stiff cuticles are simple to recognize, and loricate genera can often be recognized based upon lorica shape alone.
If it's sandy or stiff with clay, dig in humus to improve water retention and aeration.
The style, when it is not terse and apophthegmatic, as of one trying to imitate Bacon, is stiff with conceits and long-winded sentences.
Stiff cliched characters, unreal situations, and a bit too much autobiography.
Cadet Drew Callaghan nodded in return, and resumed his stiff stance, holding the door open for the two girls.
I'm now a bit stiff and have a big lump on my right foot where I caught a guy on the elbow.
The government could certainly go to employers and enact stiff penalties and cut that spigot off.
She asked Congress on Saturday to legislate stiff punishments for illegal loggers, stopping short of calling for the death penalty.
With a spectator's hat on, you'd need a stiff drink to even think about it.
Stiff competition in various categories of durables and among firms which make items of daily consumption, means that no great price hikes are anticipated.
The air was cold and a stiff wind had blown up, howling down corridors like a banshee.
Pressure is constantly applied on school administrations to attract greater numbers or face stiff funding cuts.
It broke down not because it met with stiff physical resistance from security forces but more because it was an ideological flop.
Stiff muscles and raw skin make basic movements extremely difficult.
The company is facing stiff competition from rivals that have launched new products such as DVD players and televisions.
She was dressed in a style I had only seen in old portraits, a stiff black dress with flaring skirts and a lace-ornamented stomacher.
It also has a tiny beak with a large gape, surrounded by stiff feathers called rictal bristles, which help the bird catch its aerial prey.
In winter I washed my clothes and put them on the line to dry and they got so stiff, I was shocked.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Stiff old steeds vainly essayed a nimbler gait, but gave it up in a few rods, and fell back to the steady jog.
Stiff and suffering as these young fellows were, it was no easy matter to get the window back into place and re-light the fire.
Stiff and saddle-sore as he was, Eckstein leaped out of his chair with an oath.
The cockspur thorn is a small, handsome tree, fifteen to twenty feet high, with stiff branches in a broad round head.
More and more we are getting away from the cold, stiff planting of Canna, coleus, and Salvia.
The other two Japs have short, stiff poles with a wire attached and the barbless hook at the end.
If the limbs be swelled, or joints stiff, it will be proper to foment them with warm vinegar, or bathe them in lukewarm water.
The blood had congealed in my hands until they were so stiff as to be almost useless.
Beat the egg white, add the cream of tartar, and continue beating until the egg white is stiff.
Pour upon three egg-whites beaten very stiff, flavor with vanilla or bitter almond, and spread between layers.
The dog did not look at her, but crocked under him the leg that had been stiff like a ramrod and spread out another.
A stiff jolt of elderberry wine drove off the jitters and reasoning returned.
Soon enough she found him, not far off, stiff and cold beside his half-cut bundle of firewood.
After a stiff climb the summit of the Amersfoort Hills was reached just before dark.
I think John's imagination was worked upon by the sweet and mournful hymns that were discordantly sung in the stiff old parlors.
When that Melvin boy, that bugler, saw us coming to that porch he was scared stiff.
It has eased my joints, which were somewhat stiff from these years of peace.
He stood with his elbows stiff against his sides, a derringer in each hand.
I threw on a fresh log, kicked it into a blaze, and poured out for him a stiff glass of applejack.
To reach it we had a longish walk and stiff climb, as it lies on the far side of a high, saddle-backed line of hills.
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