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He's stiff".
He's stiff, uncomfortable, creaky.
He's stiff yet explosive — too roiled internally to make a graceful and patient lover.
He's stiff, but they're spineless, draped over rattan chairs, flaunting their lazy lack of character.
He's stiff with fury — a vengeful John the Baptist scouring his hospital-temple of infidels.
I would call him buttoned-down if only Englishmen of his class wore such attire -- he's stiff and emotionally unassertive, albeit full of longing.
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He's stiff-backed and lithe, stamping his hardened feet on the ground.
He was stiff and bleak.
He was stiff, proper Dudley Dudleyht.
He is stiff, self-conscious, grudging, coy and ungenerous.
He was stiff from lying in bed day and night, yet tired all the time.
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