Sentence examples for be pretty stiff from inspiring English sources
He said Tuesday that he thought his arm would be pretty stiff Wednesday.
A quick scan of the potential lineups for Canada, the USA and Russia, for instance, shows the competition ought to be pretty stiff (on paper, anyway).
In a world of nonstop technological upheaval, the price of hedges can be pretty stiff.
Our TechCrunch colleague-across-the-pond Robin Wauters rightly points out that while Bebo is taking the smart approach to rolling out services across Europe by partnering with local media organisations, they are likely to find the competition from entrenched big media companies as well as local players to be pretty stiff.
It will be pretty stiff, but you can spread it on chafed skin.
The competition is pretty stiff here.
"The penalty for carrying Ecstasy, cocaine or heroin is pretty stiff.
The competition for college football content is pretty stiff these days, whether it's the SEC on CBS, Notre Dame on NBC or the Big Ten Network".
Mind you, there's pretty stiff, somewhat apposite, choices on the other channels should you so prefer: BBC2 has The Weakest Link at 3pm, and Channel 4 airs Carry on Dick at 1.25.
In April of this year, Business Week said that Wang had delivered shareholders less value in return for his pay than any other executive in America (and in this category the competition is pretty stiff).
