STIFFEN in a Sentence

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42 example sentences for STIFFEN, such as:

1. That sound stiffened her spine.
2. Mrs. Haffen immediately stiffened.
3. Lily stiffened under the pleasantry.
4. Ada stiffened at the sound of his voice.
5. But some remnant of pride, of common sense stiffened her.

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 Meanings and Examples of STIFFEN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
stiffen
 v.  restrict; become stiff or stiffer
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1  Monte Cristo felt the arm of Madame Danglars stiffen, while that of Villefort trembled.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 63. The Dinner.
2  By this time his haggard eyes had the appearance of being ready to start from their sockets; his head fell back, and the lower extremities of the body began to stiffen.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 79. The Lemonade.
3  It was enough to chill the blood and stiffen the hair of an ordinary man to hear him talk.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  Charles gave a swift look about him, drew in his breath, stiffened the muscles of his stomach.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  That sound stiffened her spine.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
6  Rage and hate flowed into her and stiffened her spine and with one wrench she tore herself loose from his arms.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  For a moment, stiffened by the cramped position in which she had slept, she could not remember where she was.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
8  Like their animals the men had been invalided out of the front-line forces and, except for Frank, all of them had an arm missing or an eye gone or stiffened joints.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
9  He fumbled in his back pants pocket and brought out the wallet of calico, stiffened with bark, which Carreen had made him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  With the rousing of fresh hope, her spine stiffened and she forgot that her feet were wet and cold.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
11  At first she was as startled as if a ghost had invaded the store and then, hastily removing her foot from beneath her, she stiffened her spine and gave him a cold stare.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  But some remnant of pride, of common sense stiffened her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
13  Lily stiffened under the pleasantry.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
14  Mrs. Haffen immediately stiffened.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
15  The daring black chemise of frail chiffon and lace was a hussy at which the deep-bosomed bed stiffened in disgust, and she hurled it into a bureau drawer, hid it beneath a sensible linen blouse.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  Critics say there is no way to enforce that provision, and the House has turned back at least one Republican effort to stiffen citizenship checks.
2  How different had this scene looked when I viewed it laid out beneath the iron sky of winter and stiffened in frost!
3  Ada stiffened at the sound of his voice.