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The phrase "are rigid with" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is tense or inflexible, often in relation to emotions or physical state.
Example: "After hearing the shocking news, she stood there, her body are rigid with fear."
Alternatives: "are stiff with" or "are tense with".
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His body and voice are rigid with certainty.
But the novel's Mixtec characters are rigid with folkloric dignity; Serafina is wrapped in a nimbus of refined similes.
It is a beautifully composed picture of four people whose bodies are rigid with tension, and whose staring faces illustrate different ways of looking hostile.
Two men with submachine guns stand in the shade, not an uncommon sight in Israel, particularly this close to Gaza, but unlike most out-of-the-way security details they are rigid with vigilance.
The FRC retainers are rigid with little flexibility which leads to the higher strain levels in the inter-dental areas under loading[26].
This idea can be viewed from another perspective: The incremental methods[4, 5] are actually the case in which all springs are rigid (with infinite strength), so that all locally resolved configurations are kept unchangeable.
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Her pale face is rigid with sleeplessness.
I was rigid with fear.
His neck is rigid with suppressed emotion.
Gleaming with assurance, Rutter is rigid with purpose, moving as if armour-clad.
I was rigid, with an arm outstretched horizontally I couldn't check the time.
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