Sentence examples for stiff delivery from inspiring English sources

I played it often enough that I was able finally to establish who among the three men on the cover was Dave Guard, who was Bob Shane, and who was Nick Reynolds; also, who had the husky voice, who had the tenor, and who had the slightly stiff delivery.

Other splendid actors, including Jennifer Lawrence and Rose Byrne, are constrained to rather literal and stiff deliveries of needed plot details; Fassbender is limited to a seemingly disengaged cartoonish impassivity.

Paulo Szot fluently assumed the part of the Captain, though he had a stiffer delivery than did James Maddalena, the creator of the role.

When he spoke to the nation at 8 30 last night, he had a typically stiff, teleprompted delivery in a speech that, contrasting the "shattered steel" of the buildings with the "steel of American resolve," strained for phrasemaking it could not achieve.

They were spoofing the contrast between the New York and New Jersey mayors -- Bloomberg and his stiff, bland delivery and butchering of Español (should Hispanics be outraged?) and Christie of New Jersey and his boisterous, goomba style.

Stottlemyre's concerns were justified: Clemens appeared uncomfortable in the first innings, his delivery stiff, his body upright like a light pole, little fluidity in his movement.

"It looked like he was a little stiff in his delivery.

He said he felt stiffer during his delivery and sometimes had trouble finishing his pitches, or completing his follow-through.