stiffen

IPA: stˈɪfʌn

Examples of "stiffen" in Sentences

Why does it stiffen
The muscle is stiffening slowly.
The ribs also serve to stiffen the tray.
After a long time, it starts to stiffen slowly.
Wax can be used to stiffen the front of the flattop.
But the title might stiffen a cock or two in Dubuque.
The epipubic bones act as levers to stiffen the trunk.
Dilloh's expression stiffen eL "You could talk to me."
I lay on the bed and the calf muscles began to stiffen and jerk.
She made her voice sound falsely bright and watched him stiffen.
As the bud stage ends, the stem stiffens and the blooming stage is reached.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Hokies' defense began to stiffen.
A stiffener in the appendage contributes to lifelike movement of the appendage.
What he could not abide was negligence on part of officer or man, on part of superior or inferior, and he sought to "stiffen" Plume forthwith.
Get them all on-side by creating tiny eye-contact relationships with them, so when you get interrupted, they all kind of stiffen in your defense.
Older discs, joints and tendons dehydrate and stiffen, becoming intolerant of pounding and jumping, but that's no reason not to be active, she says.
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.