How To Use Tiff In A Sentence

My knee has swollen up and it is a bit stiff. The Sun
I leaned a minute against a Corinthian column; I lamented that no pontiff arrived with victims and aruspices, of whom I might inquire, what, in the name of birds and garbage, put me so terribly out of humour! for you must know I was very near being disappointed, and began to think Piranesi and Paolo Panini had been a great deal too colossal in their view of this venerable structure. Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents
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.
The plaintiff had sued one member, Hunter, of a committee of the management of a hospital which had engaged him.
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
Federal law allows plaintiffs to collect up to $ 100, 000 per infringement.
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
The consecutive statements, allegations, and counterallegations made in turn by plaintiff and defendant, or prosecutor and accused, in a legal proceeding.
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
Very few of these cases involve plaintiffs afflicted with legitimate disabilities as most of us understand the term.
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.
They had tiffed occasionally, and broken off the friendship, and once I believe returned letters. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great
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
In the meantime, Mr. Meyer is enjoined from in any way further interfering with the flow of water in the channel from the plaintiffs’ land across his land.
Steel actually work-hardens over time, so in theory, steel shafts get slightly stiffer the more they're used.
The play bored me stiff.
When a plaintiff is able to prove defamation per se, damages are presumed, but the presumption is rebuttable. Heroes or Villains?
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.
What do you mean, like it was a lover's tiff or something? KISSCUT
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.
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Ultimately, under the Court's decision, a successful plaintiff will have to prove she was singled out for disadvantageous treatment in the workplace.
On the plaintiff's application for summary judgment the master give the defendant unconditional leave to defend.
He stood up, stretching limbs that had become stiff from the cramped surroundings.
Whisk the cream until fairly stiff. Times, Sunday Times
Merchants that accept debit cards "are substantially harmed" by the Fed's "misconstruction" of the Dodd-Frank law's provision limiting debit card fees, the plaintiffs said in the lawsuit. Retailers Sue Fed Over Debit-Card Fee Rule
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.
The fourth locale, Massachusetts, permitted a medical monitoring claim to move forward, but only because the tobacco plaintiffs in that lawsuit presented expert evidence regarding "subcellular" or other physiological changes. Law.com - Newswire
If he fails to do so, he is held liable, whereas in an action for negligence the legal burden in most cases remains throughout on the plaintiff.
In this wrongful dismissal action, it appears that the defendant does not seriously dispute the fact that the plaintiff's co-employee seriously misconducted himself with respect to the plaintiff.
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
Bhaiya, meanwhile, sent self-pitying letters from near Delhi where he was undergoing military training of his own trials in a world that he found ‘frightfully Poona: chukka, pukka, whisky soda and tiffin: still, I exist.’ Chaplin’s Girl
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
Within a matter of a few months following construction the plaintiff began to receive complaints that water from rainfall was ponding on this upper parking deck and not draining away.
After a few weeks other problems appeared and the plaintiff sued for the cost of repairing them.
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.
Limitation for plaintiffs under a disability is three years from the end of their disability or death, whichever is first.
Using a stiff long-handled brush, scrub the stain with concentrated detergent suds.
a scarlet "whittle" over all this motley finery; with a "outwork quoyf or ciffer" (New England French for coiffure) with "long wings" at the side, and a silk or tiffany hood on her drooping head, -- Priscilla in this attire were pretty indeed. Sabbath in Puritan New England
That decision might be the same as the first one and cause the plaintiff the same loss.
He's scared stiff of women.
The plaintiff is relieved of the burden of managing a large sum of money and is protected from possible dissipation of the funds.
At first instance the plaintiff did not seek to make out a case of an attempt to pervert the course of justice or of contempt of court.
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.
Ten days passed from the court's acceptance of the case to its resolution, expeditious remedy much appreciated by the American plaintiff.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until firm but not stiff, and fold the two mixtures together.
The law allowing plaintiffs to recover legal fees in advocacy lawsuits has been on the books for a long time.
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
Your only comfort lay in the forced reflection, that, real as he looked, the poor caitiff was but imaginary, a bit of painted canvass, whom no delirium tremens, nor so much as a retributive headache, awaited, on the morrow.
There is a Tiffany scarf, a gift from its designer, and an opaline pear drop necklace of Cabouchon stones with a photograph of Connolly wearing it.
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.
Alright , since we mentioned Saks and Tiffany , I guess today's topic is stores.
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.
Tiffany conceptualized herself as a mother, whose primary task was to feed her baby.
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
The company has turned over to plaintiffs' lawyers about 30 complaints in which customers accuse New Hanover of racism.
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
None the less, the plaintiffs can move immediately to seize his assets.
The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
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.
These damages are measured by how much the libelous statements lower the plaintiff's reputation.
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
Plaintiff sold and delivered to Smith the merchandise described, on the dates and for the prices shown on the itemized statement of account attached as an exhibit.
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
The McKeans must have been prescient about the future of conservation techniques, for they picked up everything that looked like Tiffany, from column capitals to mosaic tesserae.
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.
In effect, Dr. Rosen did not give a report on the quantum of damages suffered by the plaintiff.
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.
It is clear from the cases that the breach by the plaintiff is a complete defence to a claim that the defendant failed to perform its promise.
In the eight years Violate has been running we have only ever had one tiff - it was between two transvestites and it was handbags at dawn.
First[Sentencedict], the hire period was short and the plaintiffs therefore had little time to arrange insurance.
The government hit consumers with stiff tax increases in the 1996 budget.
The Plaintiff takes the position that there is an anticipatory breach of contract by the Defendant.
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.
The plaintiff claimed that they were bound by contract to continue the pension.
The plaintiff submits it was not paid the $33,000 invoiced for site services, nor was it paid $10, 200 for wiring and telephone lines, plus other amounts owing.
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.
The plaintiff may want, even more than damages, to discover the identity of the source.
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
The court granted a declaration to the plaintiff.
IF anyone could litigate the issue, the plaintIFf would be the proper person to do so, but some issues simply cannot be litigated by anyone at all.
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.
If your Honours go to paragraph 2.1, you will see that the plaintiff was injured in this case when he fell on a section of a driveway which had a gradient of 47 per cent.
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.
The issue before the trial judge was whether the plaintiffs had suffered compensable nervous shock.
In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites until stiff.
For a rice eater like me, cafeteria tiffin in the morning comes nowhere close to filling.
Thus an interim payment will be made directly to a legally aided plaintiff.
He likens it to a marriage, spiked with petulant tiffs, where affection has cooled into mutual respect and where the partners are increasingly living apart together.
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
Each side - the plaintiff company and defendant government - gets to choose one of the three arbitrators who will hear the case, then they jointly select the third, who presides.
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.
Contract law principles may require such interest to be compounded so as to award the plaintiff the benefit of the bargain.
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.
In like manner the commander of Fort Casimir, when he found his martial spirit waxing too hot within him, would sally forth into the fields and lay about him most lustily with his sabre; decapitating cabbages by platoons; hewing down lofty sunflowers, which he termed gigantic Swedes; and if, perchance, he espied a colony of big-bellied pumpkins quietly basking in the sun, "Ah! caitiff Yankees!" would he roar, "have I caught ye at last? Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete
It was all there, faithfully recorded in his uncle's stiff and formal style.
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Some attempts to modernise the game have met stiff resistance. Times, Sunday Times
The defendants had made a bad bargain but the contract was held to be valid and the plaintiff's claim for non-delivery upheld.
The plot of the five-issue miniseries is loosely based on the Fall Out Boy song "Tiffany Blews" and will focus on "a mysterious toymaker, a cyborg gal named Tiffany and a kid in a bear suit that looks lifted from the cover of Fall Out Boy's Folie á Deux," their latest album released last year. Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz to write Fall Out Toyworks for Image | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
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
On opening the door and passing through the doorway the plaintiff immediately fell down a flight of steps and sustained injury.
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
Was it just and reasonable that the defendant should owe a duty of care of the scope asserted by the plaintiff?
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
The bank is expected to challenge the statistical evidence on the ground that the plaintiffs are not comparing like with like. Times, Sunday Times
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.
The word tiff in connection with her tale had a peculiar savour, a paralysing effect. Chance
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
Earlier this year the plaintiff in Roe whose change of heart has made her the darling of the anti-choice crowd, included the affidavits when she filed a petition in court to have Roe overturned.
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
Counsel for the plaintiff shall make brief written submissions in reply and on costs within 10 days after that.
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.
Such cases do, however, present quite serious factual difficulties and the law has been concerned to ensure that a meritorious plaintiff does not fail for want of proof.

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