Sentence examples for is rather stiff from inspiring English sources

Brothers' manner is rather stiff and combative at first.

The end-modified UPy-polymer is rather stiff and brittle due to its high crystallinity.

Anna Visscher's poetry is rather stiff and impersonal; she wrote for the most part sonnets and lofliederen, cleverly devised odes to important personages.

There are long stretches without much in the way of genuine fun, and Mr. MacLean is rather stiff and his clothes are much too well pressed.

The structure of a traditional resume is rather stiff and might stress gaps in your professional vitae or draw unnecessary attention to unrelated fields of business long left behind.

There also are various altars and sculptures used as decoration in the facades of buildings; most Quiriguá monuments have a grand formal monumentality that is rather stiff compared to the naturalistic grace of the art of some other Maya sites.

In practice, however, many polymers are rather stiff and inflexible.

To make gingerbread rounds, unwrap the dough (it will be rather stiff) and divide it into equal-sized workable portions.

We have halls that are rather stiff, rigid and orthodox in their repertoire: we should pay more attention to the lighter, less daunting stuff.

Many of the architects were tickled by her enthusiasm, particularly because Mr. Breuer apparently had a reputation for being rather stiff.

He is, she writes, "the greatest craftsman in the profession, and in many ways the most poetic and evocative" — a fine tribute, it would seem, yet the words are rather stiff compared with the affectionate praise she bestows on her friend Antony Tudor.