I stiffened, expecting Sonny to protest.
But once I started reaching out to friends and travel agents who really knew the city, I stiffened with apprehension, worried that Rio's rehabilitation was more public relations coup than reality.
He didn't look at his cell phone or his watch ("That's cheating!"), and it seemed like way more than a minute had passed before he finally declared, "Seven-oh-five!" I stiffened when the camera turned on me, wondering what I should do with my hands.
Do I need to tell you to tell your mother, 'O.K., Mom, I'm not allowed to make any plans for our children without getting permission from my husband?' Do I need to be telling you, 'I'm sorry, little girl, I make the plans in this family, and I'll tell you what to tell your mother about where my children are going?' " I stiffened and said, "Of course not".
"It was just fatigue I think and I stiffened up towards the end of the third set".
Though I can't protect him from everything life will serve him, I'll bristled to help back up when he lands on hIstiffenedo to speak.
I stiffened up at one Japanese lady who would gleefully point out all my mistakes, but then warmed to her sweet compatriot who whispered sbarashi, beautiful, at every one of my movements.
"Sure," I say, stiffening, because when I took Nick, our 10-year-old, to see that film, I turned to him after half an hour and said, "I can't follow this story".
"I just got so nervous and so worked up that I literally dived in and I completely stiffened up.
