The phrase "a stiff man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a man who is rigid in demeanor, behavior, or physicality, often implying a lack of flexibility or warmth.
Example: "At the party, he was a stiff man, standing in the corner and avoiding conversation with others."
Alternatives: "a rigid man" or "a formal man".
Employing a stiff man-to-man defense, Syracuse used steals by Edelin and Josh Pace and two 3-pointers by Gerry McNamara to take a 12-2 lead in the first five minutes.
The 54-year-old Chirac, a tall, stiff man often described as aggressive and arrogant, seems an unlikely rock fan.
She glances up at the stiff man with a look of total and utter shame, the kind of shame that borders on degradation, the kind of shame that eats away at the soul for years to come, the kind of shame that sends your stomach into triple backflips.
"I'm a stiff old man, the ride would kill me before any crash," Mr. Cuneo quipped.
A stiff, grey man of 56 in a sombre suit who speaks softly and smiles awkwardly through imperfect teeth, he cuts a desperately ordinary figure.
For most of his tenure he has maintained the posture of a stiff military man who kept his feelings behind the dark glasses he wore as a result of retinal problems.
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There was a sense of armor in the stiff men's dress shirt transformed into a breastplate, worn under light chiffon shirts.
That Mandela, 75 years old when he was released from 27 years in prison, was often a dull speaker and a stiff, tired old man didn't matter.
And Mr. Coster is excellent as the parvenu Lopakhin -- a stiff, willfully mechanical man of spastic gestures and abrupt speech who keeps groping for nonexistent pockets in his waistcoat.
