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Discover LudwigThe part of the sentence "rigid as a" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used as an idiom to suggest that someone is very stern or unmoving in their convictions or behaviour. For example, "He was as rigid as a rock on the matter, and refused to change his mind."
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But once he makes a decision, he can be as rigid as a bus schedule.
Also appealing were white lace and knit tops, as rigid as a lacquered doily.
Denny Neagle stood as rigid as a Marine in the eighth inning last night as he contemplated his next pitch.
Weaver was as rigid as a statue and tossed the ball in the air a few times.
The Swedish sedan is cushy, comforting and undemanding to drive, neither as rigid as a Mercedes E-Class nor as crisp as a BMW 5 Series.
She described feeling "quite close to murder", with her hands on her lover's throat instantly making the victim "cool and rigid as a statue".
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Lilly lands at a higher point on the mound than most pitchers, his body as rigid as an ironing board.
The presented registration method is non-rigid but as-rigid-as-possible with a tile being the unit of rigidity for intrasection alignment.
Fusion at the decision level is too rigid as only a limited amount of information is available at this level.
The next moment, Tanya is snapped back and rigid, as if an electric shock is passing through her body.
Both the diamond tool and the diamond indenter are set as a rigid body.
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