How To Use Stiff In A Sentence

My knee has swollen up and it is a bit stiff. The Sun
Take the white of one egg, and measure just as much cold water; mix the two well, and stir stiff with confectioners 'sugar; add a little flavoring, vanilla, or almond, or pistache, and, for some candies, color with a tiny speck of fruit paste. A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl
Though stiff-necked and officious, the commanders aren't demonized nor singled out for blame.
As they negotiated the park gates and turned into the crowded thoroughfare, Patience sat, stiffly erect; inside, her emotions churned. A RAKE'S VOW
The drop-in module, which adds to the stiffness and torsional rigidity of the whole vehicle, ties the car together from the seats rearward and from b-pillar to b-pillar.

Down below, a mass of brank-ursine formed as it were a pedestal, from the midst of which sprang scarlet geum, rhodanthe with stiff petals, and clarkia with great white carved crosses, that looked like the insignia of some barbarous order. La faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Among the refinements are five-way adjustable shocks, stiffer springs and a beefier antiroll bar lacing the rear end. A Boss on the Road With a Peon's Interior
They had dogs of their own - a mastiff the size of a Humvee, and a tiny comma of a toy poodle.
His beard went all round under his chin, and was clipped into the appearance of a stiff thick hedge — equally thick, and equally broad, and equally protrusive at all parts. John Caldigate
She could feel underclothes, linen drawers, silken chemise, a farthingale with its stiffened hoops. Ill Met By Moonlight
`Then apparently James needs no more stiffening in his collar," Aubrey murmured. THE LAST RAVEN
The fledgling stiffened, feathers bristling as though roused by a gale.
A second cluster of dogs consists of mastiff-like breeds, including the bulldog, Rottweiler, and boxer.
The skin is fibreglass over a thin layer of plywood, which is itself supported by a skeleton of thicker ply, stiffened by a steel structure.
Her entire body was stiff and sore, and she was cold to the bone.
With Maugham it is a kind of stoical resignation, the stiff upper lip of the pukka sahib somewhere east of Suez, carrying on with his job without believing in it, like an Antonine Emperor. Inside the Whale
Large packs of black matted mastiffs prowl the streets for scraps, occasionally breaking into fights of heart-stopping ferocity.
In the 16th century, English mastiffs were famous for their courage and ferocity as war dogs, and were used in Spanish armies both in Europe and America.
He pulls out the original drum track, throws in a turgid approximation of the live drums with a drum machine and a stiff boom-kick, adds some bloops, bleeps, and squiggles (because, hey, it's a remix), and cashes his paycheck.
The stiff entrance examination removes 60 per cent of prospective students.
Merchants could pay a steep price for stiffing shoppers.
The Queen heard it as well, for Margaret saw her shoulders stiffen almost imperceptibly.
The owner of the mastiff digs in and tries to drag his dog over to us to have a chat.
A stiff knee following surgery forced her to walk with a limp.
Similarly, the exaction of stiff reprisals for unexpected attacks on troops remote from the fighting front might cow the local population, or might stimulate them to more aggressive resistance.
Some postal workers specifically avoided the World Trade Centre because its upper floors were known to creak and sway in stiff winds.
I was accused of being stiff, spoiled, pompous, upper crusted, bitter, angry, negative, imbecilic, and even crazy.
The clothes on the washing line were frozen stiff.
Millner, keenly aware that an aromatic savarin au rhum was describing an arc behind his head previous to being rushed back to the pantry under young Draper's indifferent eye, stiffened himself against this last assault of the enemy, and read out firmly: "What relation do you consider that a man's business conduct should bear to his religious and domestic life? The Blond Beast
Weiss stiffened in his boots, the scar dragging down his eye seemed to pulsate. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
Yes | No | Report from bullshitter wrote 1 week 3 days ago it's midnight and I still can't stop laughing about that lab winning with a stiffie. Best Gun Dog Contest
Steel actually work-hardens over time, so in theory, steel shafts get slightly stiffer the more they're used.
The play bored me stiff.
Having obtained the metacentric height, reference to a diagram will at once show the whole range of stability; and this being ascertained at each loading, the stowage of the cargo can be so adjusted as to avoid excessive stiffness in the one hand and dangerous tenderness on the other. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
Add enough milk to make the mixture a fairly stiff consistency. Times, Sunday Times
Their reaction contrasts sharply with the stiff upper lip of the English.
Draconis froze, his body stiffening, his grip slackening.
Remember, if you will (I certainly do), that one of the selling points of the post-VII "reforms" was that they enriched Catholic life and worship by making them relevant and immediate rather than old-fashioned (for which read "dignified") and outdatedly stiff (for which read "reverent"). You report: Promotional Posters for the Traditional Latin Mass
I would recommend doing between eight and 12 repetitions on a fairly stiff hill about 800 metres long.
He stood up, stretching limbs that had become stiff from the cramped surroundings.
Whisk the cream until fairly stiff. Times, Sunday Times
He bowed with stiff formality and had stridden from the room before she could raise a hand to stop him. Slightly Married
Over time, as the boot leather flexes, stiffness decreases.
My neck is still very painful and often stiff. The Sun
He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room
He beat the egg whites until they are stiff.
the guards stood stiff-backed and unsmiling
When dawn broke, he rose stiffly, and stretched his aching limbs.
Management wants year-round random testing, a ban on precursors such as androstenedione and stiffer penalties for players who violate the policy. USATODAY.com - Expos question nears an answer
Dr. Cahill, senior attending physician in infectious diseases and emergency medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, serves as the orchestra's in-house physician, treating everything from violinists 'stiff necks to an epidemic of food poisoning that occurred while the orchestra was on tour several years ago. One Virtuoso Physician
The ordinary manipulation of the shoulder can be accomplished with the patient lying down; but if special conditions, such as articular stiffening, call for unusual care or unusual force, it will be found best to treat the shoulder with the patient seated. Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria
Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache. The Younger Set
He sat up and grimaced a little because his back ached, his entire body was stiff and his feet were cold.
Using a stiff long-handled brush, scrub the stain with concentrated detergent suds.
He's scared stiff of women.
This stiffer test is sure to suit. Times, Sunday Times
Patients with full range of motion in the early postoperative period may be immobilized for a longer period, because they are less likely to develop a stiff shoulder.
Some of the stiffness will boil out when you first wash the cloth.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until firm but not stiff, and fold the two mixtures together.
But more than simply a stiff costume drama in space suits, the miniseries is smart in both its telling and its look.
But the stiff-necked jerk never called, and cricket has gone doolally as a result.
Side effects may include headaches, muscle pain, joint stiffness, weakness, high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), sugar in your urine (glucosuria), swollen hands and feet due to fluid retention, and redness and itching in the area you inject. Medlogs - Recent stories
I know that there is some stiff competition in the house and I will have to be at my most erudite and witty best to get one over on some of these lads and lasses I will be entombed with.
Washing happened in an enormous sink on the rooftop or in the compound, scrubbed in cold water and using a special detergent and a stiff brush on a corrugated washboard.
On the stiff soil the trees were ironbark, box, apple, gum, and some large acacias, with long lanceolate phyllodia, and large spikes of golden coloured flowers. Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York
It was cold and damp; he pulled up his collar and was aware of being frozen stiff.
Although there was stout opposition, the king's men stormed the town and history records that they used the alleyways to reach the town centre where there was some stiff fighting.
He wore pince-nez spectacles, a round-ended stiff collar, and a moustache.
I was feeling fine, didn't have any pain, any stiffness, so when that happens, you've really got to stretch it out as much as you can and try to get in rhythm as much as you can, and that's what I'm trying to do, Bryant said. Charlie Crist's first pitch strong on comedy if not accuracy
Crisp cotton shirts are too stiff and bulky on me. Times, Sunday Times
Beyond, out the window, a big rhody, a line of arbor vitae trees all moving in a stiff breeze. Pointless and Possibly Cosmic Stuff About Me
La Sylphide also popularized the white tutus, freeing the ballerinas from the bondage of stiffening panniers.
Use a stiff brush to scrub the potatoes clean. Times, Sunday Times
If the cartilage is worn away, by arthritis for example, it can make the joint painful and stiff.
Expect beerhall revelry, stiff-legged dancing and lots of ruthlessly efficient singing.
Odin walked stiffly, like a head hung between two heavy stilts draped in striped Viyella and white towelling. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The mastiff is powerful, heavy muscles rippling beneath its scarred pelt.
Stiff admission fees kept the riff-raff off the piers in those early days. Times, Sunday Times
John Terry had treatment from the England osteopath yesterday, Sunday, who was brought down to the Chelsea training ground to help the captain recover from his back stiffness.
The grin vanished like magic, her whole body stiffening in antipathy as her eyes locked with fathomless brown ones.
He fumbled with the lock on the door to his apartment, looking forward to a stiff shot of single-malt Scotch before fixing dinner.
We won the contract in the face of stiff competition.
He got the pail of fresh blood he had acquired that afternoon from the cooler, hauled the cookpot to the front of the range, and carefully poured in the blood, mixing it with the stiff porridge. Dragon's Kin
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form and fold into batter.
So, while Woods is easily the best in the world from a tough situation - he's the most creative and has the most shots - he struggles to hit straightforward chips stiff to the hole.
It was a large room, with a "boughten" ingrain carpet, stiff chairs, two great square ottomans, a big sofa, and some curious old paintings, besides a number of framed silhouettes of different members of the family. A Little Girl in Old Boston
Whip the egg whites up into stiff peaks.
He looks like he's going to be your typical good looking stiff, but once he gets to talk a bit, he is quite natural and has some comic skills.
Slowly, moving stiffly, he walked out of the power-house and across to the railings. THE WHITE DOVE
The soldier stood stiff as a ramrod.
Here begins the manzanita, adjusting its tortuous stiff stems to the sharp waste of boulders, its pale olive leaves twisting edgewise to the sleek, ruddy, chestnut stems; begins also the meadowsweet, burnished laurel, and the million unregarded trumpets of the coral - red pentstemon. The Land of Little Rain
A masty [mastiff] is handsomer to me than the most exact little dog that ever lady played withal. Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)
I suspect we may all need a stiff drink by the time this is over.
The government hit consumers with stiff tax increases in the 1996 budget.
From early summer on, stiff yellow stems are topped with purple spikelets.
The water content of doughnut mixtures is important; the dough must be stiff enough to be shaped, but still contain plenty of moisture to give the light spongy texture of the cooked product.
What happens when I tell them that you're every bit as stiff-necked and honest as I am? AMBERBEACH
For example, the black veil and the farthingale, or guardainfante (the rigid framework of iron hoops to support large, stiff skirts), worn by the sitter were typical of but not exclusive to Spanish fashion.
I fancy a stiff drink this lunchtime to steady my nerves!
Then she said stiffly, `Well, since my friend didn't deign to tell me last night, I had to find out through the grapevine. AN OLDER WOMAN
The seat mast has an elastomer in one of three stiffnesses, and up to 3cm of spacers can be slipped on under it to maximize seat height once the seat mast has been cut to length. Interbike Tech: Look 695 Pack
Say so to the gun-room steward as you pass; and tell him it is my orders to fill you out a stiff norwester.” The Lieutenant and Commander
He appeared surprised that many in the music profession today were stiff-necked.
The most common conditions that require just remedial massage are shoulder pain and stiff necks.
The seat is stiff, and the driver is belted in very tight.
The soil of these plains was a stiff tenacious clay, and had every appearance of being frequently under water: as we were now in the parallel of the spot where the river divided into branches, the altered appearance of the country induced us to hope that we should shortly fall in with some permanent water, and be relieved from the constant anxiety attendant on the precarious supply to which we had lately been enured. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales
His delivery is stilted, stiff, uninflected - except when he's permitted to shout, at which point he relaxes and seems to forget to be inhibited.
Unlike standard handsaws, a backsaw has an extra-stiff blade to prevent it from wavering as you make the cut.
Gathered together on wicker furniture are two women and a man, posing a bit as they react to the stormy weather conditions outside with a bit of stiff-necked hauteur.
In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites until stiff.
The patient complained of some stiffness in the lumbo-sacral region, but the right synchondrosis was no doubt implicated in the track. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
Usual problem: giraffe legs stiff and heavy, car door sill too high. Times, Sunday Times
Still, being retired means he's got time to lay about being stiff, whereas I am a thrusting executive professional who can't afford to be in less than 100% shape.
Poor stiff-necked, lonely, "hankering" Sam! to be so harshly reproved for his harmlessly sociable intents. Sabbath in Puritan New England
Her crooked fingers drag across the skin stiff as twigs.
The next essential garment was the corset stiffened with thin strips of whalebone.
The new proposals have met with stiff opposition.
Their punishment seemed rather stiff.
News of the fatal attack has prompted enquiries from prospective owners to kennels that raise the dogs, which were originally bred from cattle dogs, mastiffs and bulldogs brought to the Canary Islands by British settlers.
It was all there, faithfully recorded in his uncle's stiff and formal style.
Some attempts to modernise the game have met stiff resistance. Times, Sunday Times
That little black-and-white square photo at the lower right only reminds people of what they think about Gray Davis, which is that, as a person, he's cold, unapproachable and stiff.
So does a stiff gin and tonic. Times, Sunday Times
Then she said stiffly, `Well, since my friend didn't deign to tell me last night, I had to find out through the grapevine. AN OLDER WOMAN
Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. The Sun
He exaggerated the hips with panniered silk skirts, and skirts were stiffened into subtle bell shapes.
And then, you know, he got a hint of how serious they considered the whole thing; for one of them came up to him, leading a great bullmastiff, and offered it to him, to take to keep him company. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
Combine the flour with the water to make a stiff paste.
As a result, the inequality volume constraint is not always active at the optimum solution. In other words, less material may lead to a stiffer structure for an optimum material layout.
Across the intertragical notch is the prominence known as the antitragus, part of the stiff cartilaginous shelf from which hangs the fleshy auricular lobule earlobe. Archive 2009-06-01
It has numerous bright blue or purple flowers in clusters at the top of stiff stalks and large leathery leaves at the bottom. Times, Sunday Times
And although both Ruth and Colin are playing stiff British characters, they do manage some convincing chemistry.
The dark bay looked a hair stiff at times, and missed one of his changes, but was smooth and accurate throughout.
It is effective as an antispasmodic for muscle cramps, stiffness, aches, overuse, sprains, bruises, sciatica, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia and poor circulation.
Small wonder that, mounted on her fiery little mustang, untrammeled by her short gray riding-habit, free as the wind itself that blew through the folds of her flannel blouse, with her brown hair half-loosed beneath her slouched felt hat, she seemed to Dick a more beautiful and womanly figure than the stiff buckramed simulation of man's angularity and precision he had seen in the parks. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's
I'd love to sign up for the Secret Santa thing this year, too, but I got stiffed last year, so it sort of left a bad taste in my mouth.
This was found to be necessary following the near judicial destruction of a bull mastiff called Buster whose owner had removed his muzzle so that the ill dog could vomit without choking.
Ends of the shell are stiffened with laminated timber arches braced by a diagrid of tension cables from which hang enclosing cardboard honeycomb panels.
This was the first occasion upon which it had had a fair trial, and it was found to answer admirably; the raft proving to be not only so stiff as to be absolutely uncapsizable, but also remarkably fast considering her shape, a speed of six knots being got out of her unloaded and with a good fresh breeze blowing. The Missing Merchantman
From her slim hands, poised delicatly = yet stiffly = around the remote to her car stereo, to the stretch of long, organized, red hair that dangles down the front of her hippish-styled Target shirt = of which she has purchased all they produced since last may = Shes batting her eyes at me, thick, clumped mascara on curled, lined eyelashes ... she speaks. Breakthedark Diary Entry
Normal dentin is twice as stiff as pinewood, but damaged dentin is more like rubber, which makes it pretty hard to chew with. Tooth Regeneration May Replace Drill-and-Fill « Isegoria
It was a consummate display of rugby into a stiff wind.
The man's body was stiff as a board when it was found in the snow.
By then, our personalities - soft, giving and flaccid - have already solidified, which renders any effort to stiffen our sinews impotent.
The new cabs are 75 percent stiffer in construction to ward off squeaks and rattles.
Its times like this i thank God i was born and bred in Aus! why is it when someone complains about, the mess around our island someone else has to try and turn the whole scene around, justiffing what is true and what is not. we dont need photos to poove a point? just walk down the sliema / gzira sea front after a saterday or sunday evening and open your eyes. its a shambles. plastic bottles undar benches. waste from take aways ect. Timesofmalta.com
Another image shows him in black coat, pale trousers, stiff white collar, and hat.
Anna tried to look interested. Actually, she was bored stiff.
Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks, then fold through gently.
Latin scribes held their stiff-nibbed reed pens almost directly upright and at right angles to the writing surface, so that a down stroke from left to right and slanted at an angle of about forty-five degrees would bring the nib across the surface broadwise, resulting in the widest line possible to the pen. Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples
He nodded abstractedly, went upstairs to the big, sunny sewing room, searched the family needlecase for a long stiff darning needle and extracted several rubber bands from the red cardboard box on the library table. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life
These local efforts are meeting stiff legal resistance: so far most courts say the field of immigration is "preempted" by federal law. Dan Kowalski: Unpacking "Sanctuary Cities"
Stone curlews - now called thick-knees - glare at you in basilisk manner, spurt stiffly a few yards and then glare at you again, surprised that you're still there.
She made her voice sound falsely bright and watched him stiffen. Western Man
It was a stiff climb to the top of the hill.
angelica vestis" of the tertiary order; and the "beatified" Duchess who had sold her jewels to buy corn for the poor during the famine of 1670, and had worn a hair-shirt under a corset that seemed stiff enough to serve all the purposes of bodily mortification. The Valley of Decision
This procedure can also be done in hardtop vehicles to enhance chassis stiffness.
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.
So she's chasing things and if she doesnt hear back within eight weeks I have to go for blood tests and to see a heamotologist and stuff as if I am a 'clotty' person I'll have to go on blood thinners and stiff before any operations and I'll be risking death everytime I have a procedure done. Snell-Pym » Of Hernias and Blood Clots
Here, stiff strips of paper have been tinted a dull green or brown by a chlorophyll wash and perforated with a hole punch.
But he has stiff competition from the other two finalists. The Sun
This comes from a working class stiff who has a 14-year old son who skates.
Marching stiffly across the room he performed a perfect about-turn before slapping his tiny sandalled foot on the clay floor and saluting.
frightened stiff
The vacuum cleaner was welcomed at first because it meant no longer having to do the stairs with a stiff brush.
The duo have dispensed with plastic CD casings and fashioned their covers from stiff cardboard.
So back and forth went the stiff haggling till we reached a compromise.
Much progress has been made across the country, but such progress will be fragile indeed if we do not stiffen our spines against the temptation to lower the bar. Linda Rosen: Time to Raise the Bar
There's a stiff £6 entrance fee to the exhibition.
After the German Army was chased across France, resistance began to stiffen.
'Scared stiff' is an apt description of how I felt at that moment.
It becomes even more acute when viewed through the eyes of phlegmatic observers whose upper lips have been conditioned to stiffness from their earliest years!
There's also little evidence of wobbling in the body, which can be a signature for roofless versions of normally hard-topped coupes, which is as much a compliment to the suspension as to the stiffness of the car as a whole. Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
It was too late to find a room, so they stayed in the car, sleeping propped up in their seats and waking stiff and unrested.
He was scratched from the lineup yesterday and was walking stiffly as the result of having his neck and back taped up.
Men were taught to keep a stiff upper lip .
The coarse, heavy, plain-woven linen or cotton material known as buckram today is used for stiffening, etc. Textiles and Clothing
They won all the battles and and stiffened the defence which had been porous like in the first period.
It has faced pricing pressure amid sluggish business spending and stiff competition. Times, Sunday Times
That was a shock I need a stiff drink!
The troops are encountering stiff resistance.
It's a long introduction designed to establish my credibility: that I have no reason to promote religion or, since I'm Jewish, the Christian religion in particular, when I say that the atheists who pushed the Nativity scenes from the park showed the very same stiff-necked intolerance that they accuse religions of. Frank Gruber: Akedism: For Those Who Don't Care If God Exists
Running as if in diving boots, his back looked stiff and his shoulder appeared to be giving him gyp.
We do not need numbers to back up the fact that your Martin DM uses less electricity than your stereo that takes up the same amount of shelf space as a bullmastiff. Jenna Woginrich: Stop Making Fun of My Banjo
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not a stiff neck.
The kitchen was in spotless order, and she sat down on a stiff-backed chair by the window to wait for her brother. Further Chronicles of Avonlea
And a magnificent animal he is!" remarked my grandfather; "but although a mastiff is the largest of dogs, I do not think it is as sensible as many others. The Elson Readers, Book 5
Whisk the egg whites until they are foamy but not stiff.
In an electric mixer, whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks with a pinch of sea salt. The Sun
This new Carbon road shoe uses two carbon plates in the sole so you get stiffness where you need it for power transfer but is less prone to hot spots and foot aches.
You may want to boil out some of the stiffness.
A middle-aged woman with stiff, wood-colored curls all over her head was advancing on her, marching in heavy-footed determination.
Softer fabrics are much more becoming than stiffer ones.
She is stiff in her spine but is still one of the best in the competition. The Sun
Stiff and unpracticed, Szpilman manages to reprise Chopin's Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, whereupon the officer stows him in an attic directly above German headquarters and feeds him.
This tap is stiff; it won't turn on.
Yetwhile my mind spins furiously with all these things I should do andshould want to do, my bodyfeels awfully stubborn about remaining perched in one spot, complaining with increased aches and stiffness about gardneing orbiking, invoking extra effort to read with eyes that can no longer bring fine printinto focus. 2008 July « Becca’s Byline
The house was large and old, the furniture not much less ancient, the situation dreary, the roads everywhere bad, the soil a stiff clay, wet and dirty, except in the midst of summer, the country round it disagreeable, and in short, destitute of every thing that could afford any satisfaction to Mrs A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue
Today I had a go at the first page - this is the front (left) and back (right) - I think I am going to put pelmet vilene (a stiff interfacing) between the pages instead of batting. Fabric book making
Never have the ordinary people of America, the decent, working stiffs, needed and deserved a great tribute more urgently.

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