Sentence examples for lacks a stiff from inspiring English sources

He lacks a stiff upper lip.

Lacking a stiff truck frame, they are not as good as truck-based SUVs for towing large loads or for vigorous off-road driving.

Stiffer competition and changing tastes might squeeze earnings at home, and the company lacks a thriving global business to fall back on.

The outcome was a rapid transition into a stiff market state that lacked a sufficient degree of freedom and internal flexibility of response to extreme changes.

A stick that is too soft will lack a quality of definition and clarity, while a stiffer stick will give you a brighter sound.

PENALTIES The proposed regulations lack clear, stiff penalties, beyond threats that banks found to be engaged in proprietary trading will be forced to stop.

Clinically available scaffolds lack an appropriate recreation of the native tissue's gradation in properties between the compliant tendon and the stiff bone.

Not a stiff, then, despite lacking the spark (if not the kiss) of life, and certainly more popular with its target audience than Beautiful Creatures (2013, Entertainment, 2013), which died on its feet in UK cinemas but deserves a second chance on DVD.

With troubles in the commercial real estate market expected to be a major theme in 2010, that lack of diversification will be a stiff challenge and is likely to result in further consolidation within the sector.

People with a stiff, supinated (high-arched) foot lack the flexibility to appropriately shock absorb, so this too puts extra strain on the plantar fascia.

The 14 goals they have scored in four matches in the Premier League may be partly down to a lack of stiff resistance in their opponents, but there has also been evidence of a resurgence of ruthlessness that will have deepened their self-belief.