Examples of stiffen in a Sentence
She stiffened when he grabbed her shoulder.
The dogs stiffened in alarm.
The law would stiffen penalties for tax evasion.
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But Miami’s defense stiffened considerably late in the game and in both overtimes.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Suddenly, Arlo’s eyes rolled back and his body stiffened.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 29 Dec. 2024
The affected areas turn white and then blue and may stiffen as they’re deprived of oxygen, Amanda Sammut, MD, the chief of rheumatology at Harlem Hospital and an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Columbia University, who has Raynaud’s herself, tells SELF.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 6 Feb. 2025
Crime The biggest crime fight on the ballot is over Proposition 36, a measure that would stiffen penalties for some thefts and drug crimes and change parts of a controversial 2014 ballot measure that reduced several felonies to misdemeanors.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Suddenly, Arlo’s eyes rolled back and his body stiffened.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 29 Dec. 2024
The affected areas turn white and then blue and may stiffen as they’re deprived of oxygen, Amanda Sammut, MD, the chief of rheumatology at Harlem Hospital and an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Columbia University, who has Raynaud’s herself, tells SELF.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 6 Feb. 2025
Crime The biggest crime fight on the ballot is over Proposition 36, a measure that would stiffen penalties for some thefts and drug crimes and change parts of a controversial 2014 ballot measure that reduced several felonies to misdemeanors.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Stiffen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stiffen. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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