Synonym: difficult, firm, formal, hard, inflexible, rigid, stilted, taut, tense, tight, tough, unnatural. Antonym: limp. Similar words: plaintiff, justify, testify, cliff, differ, gratify, artifact, identify. Meaning: [stɪf] n. 1. an ordinary man 2. the dead body of a human being. adj. 1. not moving or operating freely 2. powerful 3. rigidly formal 4. having a strong physiological or chemical effect 5. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable 6. incapable of or resistant to bending 7. very drunk. adv. 1. extremely 2. in a stiff manner.
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181, His neck and shoulders gradually became so stiff that he had to turn in one piece from the waist up.
182, They gave her stiff little bows, what she would have expected.
183, The next day was bright and cold, with a stiff breeze blowing straight down the field.
184, Can the country afford such a stiff bill for democracy?
185, Stiff and inelegant, she followed him, more anxious than ever in her life to please.
186, His armour has become a bandage as stiff as the casing of a chrysalis.
187, On this day, with its strong swells and a stiff afternoon breeze, seagulls just sat on the surface.
188, Everyone looks so brisk in fresh suits of upright postures, so stiff and tense their buds won't open.
189, In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites until stiff.
190, The mastheads of beached yachts tinkled in a stiff breeze.
191, It is as stiff as many a leather boot, yet required but half an hour's breaking in.
192, My neck felt stiff and my head was starting to ache.
193, If carried out with sensitivity rather than in a stiff and mechanical way, aromatherapy massage is a potent form of hands-on healing.
194, When he got home he'd have a stiff drink and a long bath, followed by another stiff drink.
195, The skill is running down the beach with all your equipment often in a stiff breeze.
196, There were boxes in the corner containing brand new gear still wrapped in stiff greaseproof paper and not yet assembled for use.
197, He sits on the grass lacing stiff boots into a wreath of effort and breath.
198, The vacuum cleaner was welcomed at first because it meant no longer having to do the stairs with a stiff brush.
199, A team captain, Gumina had earned a reputation for stiff defense, clutch play.
200, Insurers, Mr Leventhal noted, are interested in selling because of stiff new regulatory capital requirements on their real-estate holdings.
201, A famously ebullient man, Fuller was initially stiff and uncomfortable as an actor.
202, The result was stiff, distant even, and the three or four burghers bowed even lower.
202, Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and build good sentences.
203, In a separate bowl beat egg whites until stiff and fold into applesauce mixture.
204, The government hit consumers with stiff tax increases in the 1996 budget.
205, The only instant adverse side effect is a desperate thirst, stiff aching muscles and a loss of appetite.
206, Scrub away any residue with water and a stiff brush.
207, His daughter Amanda sat at his bedside in stiff, pout-lipped profile, reading some piece of religious mumbo-jumbo.
208, Instead, stiff legged, he merely bends at the waist like a man twice his 37 years.
209, He was in his middle to late fifties, a gray-haired, bespectacled man with a stiff and unsmiling demeanor.
210, They are largely nocturnal, spending their days either down the burrows or out at sea gliding on stiff wings.
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