stiffen

IPA: stˈɪfʌn

Examples of "stiffen" in Sentences

But the title might stiffen a cock or two in Dubuque.
Dilloh's expression stiffen eL "You could talk to me."
She made her voice sound falsely bright and watched him stiffen.
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.