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Sentence Examples Ethan put his arms stiffly at his sides and stood, to my dismay, like a little soldier. Marching stiffly across the room he performed a perfect about-turn before slapping his tiny sandalled foot on the clay floor and saluting. And few could have failed to be moved by the five pitiful bodies of quins, lined up stiffly in a row. It created substantial costs in unemployment and lost output in order to stiffly deal with inflation. Saucer-eyed tarsiers, pale moon rats and scruffy stink badgers perch stiffly in glass cases. Stifling a cry of pain, she stiffly moved herself into a better position holding her arms straight as possible. Across from me, Ashley chuckled and shook her head, causing her white streaked hair to stiffly follow her movements. Elders climb stiffly out of the bus, while the young ones unload swags off the top. He closed the door and claimed his seat in the squashy swivel chair behind his desk while I remained standing, hands folded stiffly. His wife, a petite blonde, stands beside him clutching a glass of wine and smiling stiffly. Next to Ojka's stiffly coifed hair, Uma's unkempt curls looked lovely around her face. Tobias's nostrils were flared, and he had his arms held stiffly against his sides, with his hands clenched into fists. The floorpan is not as torsionally rigid as is the case in the best of the European rivals, nor is the suspension as stiffly mounted. When I got home, an elegant woman, with frosted hair and dressed in Armani, sat stiffly on our couch. She walked stiffly towards the group that was waiting for them and gave Dr. Wordsworth a curt nod. Automatically Greg takes her hand, like the good gallant man he is, and draws her nearer as Jem walks stiffly away. Her tone was flat and deadly, her fingers curled stiffly into something like claws. Desmond made a production of apologizing, but Michael remained stiffly silent. He caught the bag a bit stiffly and this lump came up like a little gobstopper under his skin. He held his head stiffly with his nose angled upward and his lips pursed with a superior, disdainful expression. Show More Sentences Raquel still stood stiffly, but the passion in his voice was gradually chipping away at her suspicions. The path now climbed stiffly, switching back and forth on the steeper sections, otherwise crossing the face of the right hand valley wall. We got stiffly to our feet and clapped the encores, applauded and cheered the memory of what we once believed and wanted to be. She quickly brings her arms stiffly to her sides and flashes a lopsided smile, her heavy jaw clenched. When not resting or feeding, they can move quickly, hopping on their hind legs with their tail held out stiffly behind. Carter said, coming stiffly to attention and saluting Saunders who returned the salute and then shook Carters hand. When Chris came down he found his parents sitting stiffly opposite each other, the tension palpable. He was scratched from the lineup yesterday and was walking stiffly as the result of having his neck and back taped up. In terms of car set-up, we try to spring the cars quite stiffly in order to get a responsive change of direction through the chicanes. A man stands stiffly in a vintage uniform, mirrored glasses masking his face. Her shoes slapped against the cracked sidewalk over and over as she walked stiffly. The dog sat stiffly next to Mr. Dawson's chair and now carefully watched the group. I walked stiffly into the lounge and had the sudden urge to have a boiling hot bath. He was standing stiffly at his gate, staring into the cemetery, his eyes deep pools of inexpressible sorrow. The witness against the government of Iraq walked stiffly into the room, metal callipers buckled to heavy medical shoes. She sat stiffly in the office chair, like an executive calling a boardroom to order. We had been forced to smile stiffly at the camera despite the nauseating stench of drying fish. She hurt him by stiffly acknowledging his services to the Crown and forgetting to recall his 60 years of service to the state. He danced stiffly, raising his legs and plunking them down again like a tin soldier, as if he were being controlled by a master puppeteer. Figures marched stiffly in single file down the narrow corridors between the makeshift rooms. Show More Sentences Carefully fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and transfer mixture to buttered baking pan. During this time, she was allowed to wear her own clothing, and not the stiffly starch hardness of the plain prison uniform. They preferred the discomfort of boned bodices and stiffly interfaced skirts. The city council stiffly reprimanded students caught fist-fighting at the college. He requested the promulgation of a law that would stiffly punish all those attempting to play with national unity. George's eyes grew very upset and he drew himself up stiffly. Labour's most memorable poster during its campaign was one of Tory leader William Hague, with his normally bald head sporting Margaret Thatcher's stiffly lacquered hairdo. As the third set began, he was limping stiffly around the court. When dawn broke, he rose stiffly, and stretched his aching limbs. She stiffly accepted his hand, and he lead her to the floor. Picture the first 19 th-century photographers, perched behind unwieldy wooden cameras atop tripods, their subjects sitting stiffly without motion. He stiffly thanked her for coming and commented on how well she looked. If you're a young man about town, you strut stiffly, head up, as if the place smells of disinfectant, put on a lofty expression and speak through your nose. Joan opted for the two-seater couch and sat stiffly at the edge of it. He moved stiffly to the phone and scheduled a new photo appointment. A fifth lion, rearing up on its hind legs, prepares to attack an unsuspecting but seemingly ill-natured winged griffin seated stiffly on its haunches. But Sarkozy looked haggard when he stiffly walked out of the hospital Monday afternoon in his ubiquitous dark suit. Finally, very stiffly whisked egg whites are folded into the mixture. With that I grabbed my crutch stiffly and hobbled out the door. It was also cocked very stiffly, which killed any fun I might have had while plinking. Show More Sentences Such lignous and woody plants as are hard of substance, procere of stature, that are thick and solid, and stiffly adhere to the ground on which they stand. The figure stands somewhat stiffly, weighed down by heavy garments which have an archaistic style, with a mantle drawn across the body and pinned on the right shoulder. Examples from Classical Literature The officers, including the Commander, also waited stiffly at attention while the fisherman tied his panga to the ship's ladder. Then he looked at Mrs. wootton and bowed, and looked at me and bowed, very stiffly. Roger laid Felicia's head on the blanket and clambered stiffly to his feet. But he walked so stiffly along the corridor, that she did not dare approach him. His trench coat, a little too large, was very new and stuck out stiffly from his legs. Whip up the whites as stiffly as possible, and mix them lightly with the yolks. Lady Augusta intimated stiffly that she had not the honour of the baronet's acquaintance. For a long time he lay there, then rising stiffly, made his way down the ledge to drag the raft ashore and unlash the sleds. He was tall and gnarly and the point of his chin rested stiffly on the slope of his shoulder. He could with difficulty lift his hands to his head, and he walked as stiffly as if his legs had been jointless. Take mine, I'll say I've killed you, stiffly dead, in mortal fray. I said again, as stiffly as might be, and I turned towards the door. And in the driving-seat is a curious, stiffly swaying figure. His hair, which was coal black and three or four inches in length, grew out stiffly at right angles to his scalp. Her lips were so thick that they moved stiffly when she spoke or smiled. He merely sprang to the side and ran stiffly ahead for several awkward leaps, in carriage and conduct resembling an abashed country swain. The margravine, after conversing with the baroness, received me stiffly. He bowed gravely to the uhlan lieutenant, who saluted stiffly. About a mile up the road we came across our artilleryman sitting very stiffly on the edge of a culvert with a greasy handkerchief on his knees. We found at last that we could untwist the stiffly clinging wire. Show More Sentences He turned stiffly to look at neel putting papers into an envelope. The old ballad which tells of their fight says that they thought nothing for to flee, but stiffly for to stand. He stood up rather stiffly, drew his belt up over his rounded paunch. The walls were as white, the pincushion as hard, the chairs as stiffly and yellowly upright as ever. When he rose from the cushions of the railway carriage he found himself somewhat fatigued, and he mounted the bicycle stiffly. He bent backward and forward stiffly from the hips to get the kinks out of himself. He wore a sombrero hat, with a wide leather band and a bright buckle, and the ends of his moustache were twisted up stiffly, like little horns. So deep was it, that all he showed of himself was his hind-legs, his rump, and an intelligent and stiffly erect stump of a tail. So he let it stand up stiffly behind him in the shape of a flagpole. Omar Ben side-stepped and raked him with a stiffly extended paw. One or two arose wearily and stiffly, and dragged their loads to the pile. Westmacott had stopped, and was standing very stiffly with her Red Indian face even grimmer than usual. Cutler had indeed risen stiffly and suddenly, and walked towards the door, hatless, as if at a word of command. He went to one of the great windows, and looked out at the stiffly embanked river and the formal gardens which lay beyond it. Renwick rose stiffly to his knees and peered through the bushes. Some hold their hands out stiffly, some drop them loosely at their sides. And Elizabeth Hurley is the perfect foil for Powers, stiffly pointing out his political incorrectness while secretly relishing his bon vivant lifestyle. He was a cinder, a bit of a clinker of a man, a little animated clinker, not yet quite cold, that moved stiffly and by starts and jerks like an automaton. When I was ready to leave, I observed two wrinkled old women standing stiffly upright against the inner wall, near the door, with their brown palms open to receive alms. Find more words! 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