Sentence examples for been stiff from inspiring English sources

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been stiff

adjective

Rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.

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The penalties have been stiff, and the settlements steep.

Not that the competition has been stiff, mind.

So many collections, even good ones, have been stiff with '60s shapes and significance.

The execution challenges would still have been stiff, but the price was right.

That was more stupid than what Fiona Scott said, but it's been stiff competition, Burke says.

"Ever since banging with Jahidi that night, it's been stiff and sore," Camby said.

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Running must have been stiff-legged at no better than an elephantine pace of 16 km (10 miles) per hour, if that.

It is the top seller nearly everywhere in the world, but the company has generally been stiff-armed by the kingpins of the American market, the wireless carriers.

The penalty could have been stiffer.

And by that I mean, you've gotten this subtext of House Republicans that sincerely want to come and be a part of this national conversation toward solutions, but they've really been stiff-armed by Speaker Pelosi.

Competition is stiff.

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