Sentence examples for are rather stiff from inspiring English sources
In practice, however, many polymers are rather stiff and inflexible.
We have halls that are rather stiff, rigid and orthodox in their repertoire: we should pay more attention to the lighter, less daunting stuff.
He is, she writes, "the greatest craftsman in the profession, and in many ways the most poetic and evocative" — a fine tribute, it would seem, yet the words are rather stiff compared with the affectionate praise she bestows on her friend Antony Tudor.
First, the set of considered soil profiles is dominated by KiK-net sites, which are rather stiff.
Since these areas located mountainous areas, we think the site conditions are rather stiff and effect of the near-surface amplification is probably not large (Bonnefoy-Claudet et al. 2009).
However, aggregates formed with GICs are rather stiff and small, terminated by a hydrophobic end-group.
To make gingerbread rounds, unwrap the dough (it will be rather stiff) and divide it into equal-sized workable portions.
Anna Visscher's poetry is rather stiff and impersonal; she wrote for the most part sonnets and lofliederen, cleverly devised odes to important personages.
Many of the architects were tickled by her enthusiasm, particularly because Mr. Breuer apparently had a reputation for being rather stiff.
The end-modified UPy-polymer is rather stiff and brittle due to its high crystallinity.
