Doubtless the boy Benicio maintained the Puerto Rican equivalent of a stiff upper lip in his bereavement.
The U.S. maintained a stiff embargo against Libya for years, calling it a terrorist sponsor.
uniqlo.com Face to watch: Harry Hadden-Paton This godson of the Duchess of York has maintained a stiff upper lip on the way to stage success in Bullingdon Club drama Posh and Rattigan revival Flare Path.
But at a major meeting in Switzerland, the ESA member states maintained a stiff upper lip and committed €436 million (about $464 million) to the ExoMars 2020 project — a relatively small part of the more than €10 billion it negotiated to fund the rest of its missions.
Embedded in our language are ideas which implicitly suggest that part of 'manning up' (or, if you like, not 'acting like a girl') involves keeping a stiff upper lip, maintaining the illusion of dominance and strength, and taking life's setbacks on the chin – until the bitter end if needs be.
He was dressed in a dark tailored suit, shirt and tie, and despite the heady fumes of victory he maintained a stiff demeanor.
As far as I know, no one has performed verbena studies, but the pink flowering, intensely fragrant Verbena "Silver Ann" has always maintained a stiff upper lip in my window boxes.
The administration clearly hopes to enlist allies around the world in its new, tougher stance — in part because the United States, having maintained its own stiff sanctions against Iran since the Islamic revolution in 1979, does not have much leverage left itself.
During another week of stock market carnage, Marketocracy's M100 stock-picking gurus maintained a stiff upper lip and continued to hunt for bargains.
Numerous flights out of Amsterdam have been delayed and Heathrow has hardly maintained a stiff upper lip.
