Sentence examples for stiff backed from inspiring English sources

Bill Milkowski of Down Beat described him as "the portrait of studied concentration and pristine perfection: stiff backed and stern faced, with a distinguished air about him that some might misread as haughtiness.

Though Mr. Hundert -- as he is almost universally addressed -- is stiff backed and proper, hints of pyschological complexity hang off him like threads of frayed tweed.

And if you'd rather turn the clock back to the Vienna Secession, Yves Macaux can supply a stiff-backed living room set by Josef Hoffmann.

Add a stiff-backed headband over the top of your scarf for extra support and interest.

He had the stiff-backed posture that is characteristic of many Brothers.

In the living room, stiff-backed chairs appeared undisturbed by human contact.

Four twitchy, stiff-backed staff stood deferentially throughout the 50-minute interview.

With the installation of his stiff-backed deputy, Angelo, the dolls are swept behind closed doors.

So I settle, stiff-backed, on her sofa, and wait for the doctor to give in.

Its stiff-backed chairs are upholstered in black-and-cranberry velvet.

Two decades ago "South Pacific," with its cautious liberalism and smug, stiff-backed morality, seemed quaint.