Sentence examples for a stiff up from inspiring English sources

Better to show a stiff up lip and get on with fixing things.

As Jayne Atkinson, a wonderful actress, was eloquently making Katherine's case, a stiff breeze came up that ruffled the trees like a sigh and threatened to blow the divorce decree out of the hand of a supporting actor.

Her outfit on this summer afternoon was: a shawl and a silk dress, patterned in red and black, with a stiff collar done up around her neck in the traditional Mandarin style.

Tomblaine-Gérardmer La Mauselaine, 161km It's all about the final 20km, with three climbs including a stiff little pull up to the finish which should see the emergence of a select group of favourites, although the time gaps won't be huge.

Even those who arrive by train must face a stiff climb up 365 leg-breaking brick steps that zigzag back and forth in hairpin turns.

A royal blue wiggle dress with a stiff stand up collar has been reproduced by many vintage inspired brands, and is a key piece to looking like Marilyn Monroe.

The rest of the collection is a stiff, noisy mash-up of carols and holiday trinkets, from "O Holy Night" to "Little Drummer Boy" to "Jingle Bell Rock," arranged in a rough approximation of the Four Seasons style, with nostalgic side trips that include an inferior imitation of the Drifters' "White Christmas".

The tiny garrison put up a stiff fight and lost 60 killed before the 73 survivors gave up.

Republican battalions brought up from La Muela de Sarrion and Mora de Rubielos put up a stiff fight from the San Cristobal heights.

"It was so great just having him on set, even for little things like saying, 'I feel like when I walk maybe I should be a little stiff up top.' He was like, 'Oh yeah, show me.

Kendall put up a stiff fight.