Sentence examples for goes rigid from inspiring English sources

His body goes rigid, his eyes dart around nervously, he shifts uncomfortably in his chair.

Before our eyes he comes undone: his face goes rigid; he commands his daughter to stay close; he suddenly begins to stutter.

It's just a moment, and I can't say for certain, but her face goes rigid and she turns her back on us, mounts the steps, and slams the door behind her.

When Ivanov's neighbour dipped into his own pocket to help Ivanov pay off the interest on his debts, Branagh stared silently at the proffered money and fell to the floor in a dishevelled heap: Streatfeild at the same point sits with his back to us and goes rigid with guilt as if his humiliation could go no further.

Life & Times of Michael K At home he is an irascible despot, at school a lamb, meek and mild, who sits in the second row from the back, the most obscure row, so that he will not be noticed, and goes rigid with fear when the beating starts.

His spine went rigid.

Individuals tremble, collapse and go rigid.

Trying hard, she'd begin to topple or go rigid.

"My body would go rigid and I would simply go to sleep".

A dark gray char takes over, and in death the bodies go rigid, as if frozen.

His body went rigid and he cried a shrill, piercing cry.