| In addition to osteophytic overgrowth, the ligamentum flavum may stiffen and buckle into the spinal cord dorsally. |
| In Elizabethan times the roots were dried and crushed and the powder was mixed with water and used to stiffen the ruffs worn by the gentry. |
| My body had begun to stiffen up after many years of sedentary work as a therapist. |
| He couldn't afford to take it, not as it currently stood, but a flat refusal would stiffen the old man's position. |
| Pondering this commentary will stiffen the spine of the faithful for preaching, teaching, interpretation, and life in the world. |
| The ultimate winner was an echt conservative who wants to rein in abortions and stiffen drug laws. |
