Sentence examples for expressed stiff from inspiring English sources

Republicans initially had expressed stiff opposition to the financial regulation bill, saying it would encourage, rather than prevent, future taxpayer bailouts of financial firms.

When Tribune sought last year to begin a weekly, four-page supplement on personal finance that would draw content from all of its newspapers, Mr. Marimow initially expressed stiff resistance, citing The Sun's desire to be unique, two Tribune executives said.

PSCs exposed to a stiffness gradient expressed a marked predilection towards stiff substrate, with those exposed to only a single rigidity exhibiting undirected, limited movement.

Rankled in various ways, the Blair campaign has also barred several people from travelling with the prime minister, even though they have expressed willingness to pay the stiff bus fee -- £564 a day, more than $800.

Several attendees admitted they were nervous about the stiff competition; others expressed confidence that their talent would be noticed.

Needless to say there is a level of post-electoral trauma here that I have rarely seen expressed by the normally composed, stiff-upper lip British.

Democrats had expressed concern that Flint would get stiffed in a conference committee to reconcile the two chambers' different versions of that legislation later this year.

Many who take their own lives had expressed hopelessness in a society that has stiff competition for a limited number of white-collar jobs.

Her initial letter of congratulation was stiff, in contrast to the enthusiasm expressed by other Latin American leaders.

Analysis of human breast cancer specimens revealed an association between substratum stiffness, ILK, and CSC markers, insofar as ILK and CD44 were expressed in cancer cells located in tumor regions predicted to be stiff.

They expressed a hope that the full House would approve much stiffer increases when the measure comes to the floor, possibly before the summer recess.