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Although she was deeply saddened by the death of her son, she had a stiff upper lip at the funeral.

there was no tea or coffee; and the mattress was as stiff as a plank of wood.

How much did the stiff have in his bags?

But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff- necked people and I might destroy you on the way.

I'd landed at the Brisbane international airport and everyone was a bit grouchy and stiff from the long flight.

Is all of a sudden, his smile a little stiff, eyes inadvertently wrinkled, I like it, I seem to be from his eyes flashed a desolate.

Hannah had been cold and stiff, indeed, at the first; latterly she had begun to relent a little.

He had to carry water and dig up the red earth and mix it into a stiff clay.

Awkward and stiff-necked he might be, but Howard was undemanding of his children.

A few days ago I was just as " Foshan television" wrote a television prose, so sit on a chair as stiff as a waste of time or a straight.

The main valve regulating blood flow out of the heart gets stiff, leathery and constricted.

Explaining how he is going to get Rio out of its current mess will put Mr Albanese's oratorical powers to a similarly stiff test.

Matthew released my sister and walked around to address me with a few stiff words.

Don't just stand there and shed crocodile tears when you see that I'm suffering from a stiff neck. Go and get some cream for me to apply.

Silver Fangs : Respectable, traditionalists to a fault, but a bit stiff and overbearing sometimes. Still, one's king is one's king.

To make up for lost revenue, it would have to be a stiff one, and levied on practically everything.

He turned and went into the bedroom. Mary Turner was a stiff shape under a soiled white sheet.

He knew how stiff necked we should be, he understood that our hearts were evil, and yet he made the choice.

He slowly squatted on his feet, tore off your last defense, suck your stiff penis into his mouth.

Jiang Zemin, China's outgoing president, has been trying to rewrite party rules to let them in, against stiff resistance from conservatives.

I worked hard on an energy plan against stiff opposition, but I had made a powerful adversary in APL, which had offices in most counties.

One of the long stiff tactile bristles or hairs that grow near the mouth and elsewhere on the head of most mammals; a vibrissa.

Stiff duties don't seem to be deterring status-conscious Chinese from buying ships from established American and European boatbuilders.

He wants the leather to be stiff so hitters cannot see the movement of his hand as he grips the ball.

Fourteen years of higher education and a handful of Ivy League degrees, and there I was, stiff and stupid, struck dumb by my own dumbness.

Among the stiff stacks of unburied corpses and the ghostlike, disbelieving living, he had been able only to think how lucky he was.

In the Glover case, the police would not face such stiff charges now if they had simply owned up to a questionable shooting.

"It's very stiff , " said the Princess, as she turned the key. "There! It's open! "

Jo in maroon, with a stiff, gentlemanly linen collar, and a white chrysanthemum or two for her only ornament.

Any of the long, stiff hairs that project from the snout or brow of most mammals , as the whiskers of a cat .

He walked up to my seat, - I wish he wasn't so solemn and stiff, Uncle, - and said, "Oh! "

It was snowing hard as I beat through the passes of the great mountains, and I had a stiff fight to win through.

ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom.

All day long he rested quietly. But when night fell, old and stiff as he was, he disappeared into the desert and surrounding hills.

As she let her eyes wander over the page she noticed it was just a little crumpled, stiff in places, as if it had been wetted then dried.

An old crab grew restless. Finding himself stiff all over, he knew it was time for him to moult his shell.

My back has been stiff for the last couple of days and I woke up this morning and it did not respond to the treatment I had last night.

I stared at nothing for an eternity before my cat streaked up and nestled between my quaking legs, looking stiff and ready for attack.

As she was on fire as to startle, he pushed hard, with her stiff body back several steps to stand firm.

A light wind blows, not strong enough to tousle the stiff green hair sprouting from his head like dry grass.

It might be a nervous and stiff frame, a formal and let's-get-to-the-point kind of frame or perhaps a super relaxed one.

To Malfoy's left, his wife made an odd, stiff nod, her eyes averted from Voldemort and the snake.

Cleaners froze a moment, shook his head, only with the pair of hands frozen stiff brush orange peel was erased again.

He remains stiff at his presidential podium -- there's a bit of a shoulder sway, a few finger flourishes.

Mr. Thompson was a tough weather-beaten man with stiff black hair and a week's growth of black whiskers.

Or, as you are a Corsican, that you had been unable to resist the desire of making a 'stiff, ' as you call it.

I found him very stiff, as if he were not at all pleased.

During the whole class, he never relaxed his stiff position on the edge of his chair, sitting as far from me as possible.

Whisk the egg white until stiff, fold in the cucumber mixture and smooth over the face avoiding the eyes and mouth area.

White rose on the face smile seemed stiff, eyes as if by a pain, but the moment has come back.

But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked as their fathers, who did not trust in the Lord their God.

In a few seconds , she stretched herself out stiff , and turned up her eyes .

There was stiff competition but she nevertheless gave a good account of herself.

It taps directly into the country's mythic image of itself: unshowily brave and just a little stiff, brewing tea as the bombs fall.

Once more he followed the stiff back, the stiff and ruthless limp, up the slope and on to the starlit road.

If the outfit is too binding, tight, stiff, whatever, it will be distracting to you and take away the concentration on your speech.

Besides these glories, he shone in the lustre of a new pair of boots and an extremely stiff and shiny hat.

Instead, I grabbed onto the back of a lorry that was chugging up the stiff slope and let it drag me to the top.

"It's very stiff , " said the Princess, as she turned the key.

In appearance, the shape is often stiff stiff.

The old man, losing his head, breathless, gasping, dislocated his stiff joints in his efforts.

When rotation takes place in the middle of the keyboard , the upper arm is jammed in , and it will feel stiff .

When the tunnel is driven through stiff clay, the flow of water may be small enough to be removed by pumping.

Waking up feeling stiff the next morning, Johannah sat up and stretched, accidentally knocking Peanut off of her chest.

But there is no doubt that they have used these levers to extract stiff terms over the Icesave repayment.

"I beg your pardon, " he replied, with a stiff bow; "I did not suppose that there were any ladies within hearing. "

It was residual German scepticism that caused stiff tests to be set up for countries that wish to join the euro.

Looking at the granny for quite a while, Qiuqiu's grandma raised her stiff hand, pointing to her.

He was stiff and sore now and his wounds and all of the strained parts of his body hurt with the cold of the night.

If what you write is stiff and pompous that's how you'll be perceived. The reader has no other choice.

They looked at me very proud and stiff and haughty, and said, "Go away, washerwoman ! "

I turned on the squirt gun, and she stood there, stiff, arms at her sides, eyes closed, as though awaiting mummification.

After two months of working, Ann was not as stiff as she used to be.

Unfortunately, the suit is so stiff, I can't do this with two hands, but I'm going to try a little sand-trap shot here.

Ekman's observation may be relevant to the British expression "keep a stiff upper lip" as a recommendation for handling stress.

Norway put up a stiff fight against the German occupation and armed resistance in Norway went on for two months.

Confronted with Kunta's stiff dignity and reserve, though, none quite ventured to challenge him in any way directly.

Competition can be stiff and startup costs steep, but that's not to say such obstacles are insurmountable or unavoidable.

I heard him fumbling at the lock, his hands stiff, his mind numbed.

Such finance must be offered on manageable conditions in terms of the cost but stiff requirements in terms of the reforms.

His prosthetics have no knee joints so he had to run with stiff upper legs - a much more physically taxing style.

Less than a decade later, many of these jobs had disappeared and there was stiff competition for those that remained.

When it's unusually high and stiff, the dog is agitated and ready to protect his turf.

A short, straight, stiff piece of wire with a blunt head and a sharp point, used especially for fastening.

Just as its name implies, mechanical dance is dancers looked like a machine or robot action as stiff, inflexible.

The man did this and walked out of the store with his right arm stretched down his left shoulder lifted up and his right leg stiff.

His hand was grey and stiff, but blood oozed between his knuckles as he tried to close his fingers to grasp.

If not, remove the laces, and wash the shoes with a little water and a stiff brush.

But for many players, the game is still best played the old-fashioned way-seated around a table with three friends and a stiff drink.

Ma said he had a stiff word with the paper's editor, who stood by Li's article.

Mr Harper, who normally cuts a stiff, cold figure, was, by his standards, relaxed and smiling in his moment of triumph.

One gets caught up in the breathing and sits with one's body all stiff, sitting there being peaceful.

Lee: This would take a little getting used to; it's a little stiff, but I'm impressed. What are you offering as an availability date?

A topping for pastry or pies MADE of a mixture of egg whites and sugar beaten until stiff and often baked until brown.

Emil stood looking down at her, holding his shoulders stiff and stiffening the arm to which she clung.

18Whenever the spirit seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth and becomes stiff all over.

EVER since the Democrats' poor showing in the mid-terms, the two parties have been engaged in a rather stiff dance.

The speech he made to welcome them was stiff and formal.

Tossing his head, he bucks and bounces on stiff legs, kicking up dust in a comical manner.

As they traveled day after day, his right arm began to feel stiff.

He immediately said: " elaine! Take my garden around good? " Torsion of a bit stiff atmosphere.

He was short and solid old man in a black peasant's smock and gray iron -stiff trousers and he wore rope- soled shoes .

U. S. soybean exports got off to a slow start this marketing year due to stiff South American competition. The U.

She said, you see your hair, and like him, straight and stiff.

Flossie was just stiff-legged and shaking, and he looked just like my daughter when she had her seizure.

Consider how you feel when you wake up in the morning. If you wake up tired or achy, sore or stiff, your mattress is probably to blame.

Any firm with a payroll higher than $500, 000 would be obliged to offer insurance to its workers or face a stiff penalty.

Your body is stiff. That' s what you get for eating nothing but Western food. No good, no good.

But they, our forefathers, became arrogant and stiff-necked, and did not obey your commands.

If it's a very stiff frame then it may very well continue to be so until the end.

"You'd be stiff if you'd been sitting on a brick wall all day, " said Professor McGonagall.

It acts, in other words, as "the lazy man's yoga" , achieving stretches which, unaided, this stiff middle-aged chap can only dream of.

As she came to understand her position, she turned stiff and cold.

Arab presidents who visited the White House during this period had to endure stiff lectures on the importance of a free press.

Small grocery stores are going out of business in the face of stiff competition from the large supermarket chains.

for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.

As Shalit was welcomed home Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised a stiff response to any acts of violence.

Stiff punishments, however, do not appear to have curbed the phenomenon.

The precision of results obtained with this very stiff form of specimen is much inferior to the precision of available mathematical methods.

He saw the young tough lurching down that aisle and wondered if he would remove the stiff-rim which never yet had he seen him without.

Does my outer shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart?

Regulators continue to set stiff fees on calls between fixed lines and mobiles, which hurts Telmex less than its rivals.

Now notice, he thinks robots have to be a bit stiff.

Business cards used to be made exclusively of stiff paper (card), but today come in materials from plastics to thin metals and even glass!

The British ability to maintain a stiff upper lip during the worse of times has long drive the overly passionate Gauls mad with jealousy.

I lay there stretched out straight and stiff in the dark, my fists clenched hard upon nothing.

But he acknowledged the militants had been offering stiff resistance to his soldiers from their network of tunnels and fortified compounds.

It's as though matching jackets and skirts suggest an overreliance on parents' stiff fashion conventions.

If it is a process of giving birth to a baby, then dystopia is the very delicate word depicting my stiff situation.

He lay there on the sand, his body stiff and aching, trying to remember where he was.

m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

Stiff fabric of silk or synthetic material used for trimming , neckwear , or evening dresses .

It is a far cry from the stiff upper lip image of British public school tradition, but that might be an improvement (see below).

Uncle By wanted her named Paulina, and her mother said no. She'd never like that stiff old-fashioned name.

Thank God for the Great Killer Earthquake that He sent to kill thousands of stiff hearted Chinese rebels against God.

More than hurting, it seem to be stiff.

He wore a badly fitting ready-made suit and pair of stiff shoes the state provides its discharged guests.

Andrew: I told him that his tongue would become stiff and unmovable if he didn't start talking to people. I think I overdid it.

Nor does he care about the average American working-stiff who gets cardiac-arrest every time he pulls up to the gas pump.

This paper reported a case of superficial siderosis of the central nervous system, manifesting like stiff-person syndrome.

Crinoline was originally a stiff fabric with a weft of horse-hair and a warp of cotton or linen thread.

Fifth, a relatively stiff bottom hole assembly may not easily fit through the dogleg section drilled with a relatively limber BHA.

She wears a blue cloak, "sari, " clothes and went into the monastery is very stiff.

If, before hitting grip too tight, resulting in stiff and uncoordinated, is bound to affect the final shots of the explosive.

British men are abandoning their stiff upper lips but still do not wear their hearts on their sleeves like Americans, a new survey showed.

Do you know you can open anyone's lock with a piece of stiff cellophane?

If it's too runny, add more powdered sugar. If too stiff, add a little more milk or vanilla extract.

If it'sa very stiff frame then it may very well continue to be so until the end.

The steering wheel also tends to get stiff when making a turn.

Those brave enough to ride it were offered a stiff brandy at the top.

The British Bow: A neat bend of the head from the neck, used while maintaining a stiff upper lip.

Cardboard: A general term used to describe a stiff, strong sheet MADE up of several layers of low-quality paper pasted together.

Gerrard said: "I'm stiff and tired - but that's to be expected. The physios and medical staff knew that (would happen). "

It might be that a "stiff" lip suppresses emotional response -- as long as the lip is not quivering with fear or tension.

As well, there's stiff competition for the same Asian sports fans, particularly from football and basketball.

When the reinforcement is strongly bonded to the concrete, a strong, stiff, and ductile construction material is produced.

For the last three decades, globalization has funneled a stiff headwind directly against workers in developed countries.

We know you may face very stiff opposition on this issue; however, the welfare of your project is really at stake here.

stir into the butter mixture and add cream slowly, just enough to form a stiff, but well-blended dough.

Knock into the eggs in the flour bunched up into a smooth and slightly stiff dough, let stand for 20 minutes in the refrigerator freezer.

ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold.

Today, while at work as an outdoor security guard, I was scared stiff by the noise made by a cat caught in a dumpster. FML.

He was a bit stiff at half time but he should be OK, " confirmed Wenger. " Nasri is alright.

Well, the costumes and the set are marvellous, but the acting is a bit stiff. What do you think?

His moustache was as stiff as a toothbrush.

I admit I didn't think much of Andy first time I laid my eyes on him. Looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over.

He may rush in his paces or he might go too slow to avoid stretching his stiff side.

During the crisis, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip and focused all his attention on finding a solution.

Those with strained or stiff muscles around the neck and shoulders will find instant relief in this firm, yet comforting massage.

My shoulders were stiff and tired. Worn down by the years of carrying that suitcase.

The stiff slope area was a place for the better quality reservoir with middle porosity and permeability.

Faces are tight, bodies are stiff, and the tension is thick enough to cut with a knife.

It is probably too stiff and crinkly for him, and he probably doesn' t think he looks as smart in it as he once did.

A lot of NBA players and commentators treated Yao with disdain upon his arrival, an overhyped stiff they promised to embarrass.

The cotton picker is small in type and low in cost and is capable of picking early cottons and late stiff cotton balls.

His third discovery puzzled him the most. When he put his arm behind his back, it no longer felt stiff and useless.

Carrie got up and sought her lunch Box. She was stiff, a little dizzy, and very thirsty.

she sat there on the edge of her chair , her back as stiff as a ramrod the whole evening.

Involuntarily she studied his profile, studied his stiff, coarse hair and his eyes, which she felt burned with brilliance .

The atmosphere of the party was at first very stiff , but the host broke the ice with an amusing story .

She made up her stories because she was in stiff competition with other journalists who were doing the same.

There will be setbacks, and the world is headed for a stiff recession, at least.

They didn't care to talk about what their lives had been before they attained stiff brocades and victorias with fine teams of horses.

Their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind.

Pomades and waxes are similar to gels, but they remain flexible, rather than drying stiff, and offer a bit more shine.

Unfortunately, if a woman has a "stiff" walk, it could mean that she's more refrained when it comes to sex.

Iraq's first big effort to attract foreign investment to its oil sector met stiff resistance from companies yesterday.

And she stretches her legs, stiff with cold, as she waits for the waves to take away her love.

But if the matrix was as stiff as scar tissue, the cells gradually stopped beating (Journal of Cell Science, vol 121, p 3794).

a rigid strip of metal; a table made of rigid plastic; a palace guardsman stiff as a poker.

Fraud will always be hard to spot and stiff sentences are needed to stop fraudsters being treated differently from other criminals.

Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.

If you're the head of a company and what you write is stiff and pompous.

Feliks was chafed by his stiff collar , his leather shoes and his circumstances .

Capricorn's bones, joints, and knees, however, may be vulnerable to rheumatism, arthritis, neuralgia, stiff joints, and orthopedic problems.

He just stood stiff in the center of the rug, in his hat, the shaggy iron-gray brows twitching slightly above the pebble-colored eyes.

In 3, trump after washing, using his right hand thumb will mark the position of brand of a hoist, left the stack stiff into two parts.

Sitting still before a computer all day can give you a stiff neck.

Short stretches only Stretching stiff muscles in your back, shoulders and legs is important, but do not hold a stretch for too long.

As they enter, head and shoulders go under water, you can see that Ian's hands are nice and relaxed, they are not stiff.

Droglo fights by instinct, but years of training have made you stiff, predictable.

In recent years, demand for sugarcane has dramatically outstripped supply, pushing prices up and leading to stiff political consequences.

And they did not give ear, but became stiff- necked , like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

The new shoes are really stiff. You'll have to break them in before they feel comfortable.

He stands there, with paw outstretched, his hair stiff and wiry, like a mastiff's, his cheeks ruddy, his mustache gleaming with snow.

If unchecked, American officials fear, the North's drive will embolden Iran to pursue its own nuclear ambitions despite stiff sanctions.

Yuan laid down stiff conditions, demanding command of all the armed forces and a promise of political reform.

You may have a penchant for scrubbing your teeth with a stiff-bristle toothbrush; however, this habit can be tough on teeth and gums.

Developing homegrown technology is better than continuing to pay stiff royalty fees for foreign inventions, the Chinese ministries say.

Many of Kraft's major brands face stiff private-label competition, impeding the company's ability to pass along price increases.

Combines soothing vibration and air massage to relax the stiff muscles around the hips and thighs .

The flowers on her grave stiff in frost. Brown leaves tumbling, flying wildly in the frozen air, reburying her.

When arteries become stiff, the heart has to work harder to pump blood effectively.

The U. S. economy faces stiff headwinds, including a slumping housing market and high joblessness.

The aim was to design a stiff but comfortable frame to maintain the rider's comfort during long rides or on poor road surfaces.

I hung out the washing to dry on a frosty day and when I went to take it in it was as stiff as a board.

But the relatively older style of stiff formality, of lots of employees standing around, is going to wane.

Do not be too stiff in your life, or too mechanical in handling things, make your life artistic.

The Stamp Act went into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists.

Though Shenzhen is still considering the possibility, it faces stiff opposition.

They could no doubt have offered a stiff resistance if attacked.

This means they are less stiff, strong, energy absorptive or conductive than the bulk of the raw materials that they are made out of.

"Formal writing" does not imply the use of pretentious language, which can be characterized as stilted or pompous or stiff.

all stiff, affectedly grave, formal, dressed out in velvet and damask.

Winston began to dress himself with slow stiff movements.

American officials helped draft the document, but it faces stiff opposition in some quarters of the United States.

I awoke with stiff and cramped muscles from having slept long on the incommodious seat of a day coach.

The jacket's lining had been red once, but now it was black, stiff and shining with dried blood.

Yes. Since the accident it has been stiff and looks black and blue . At times it feels numb .

A stiff southeast breeze sent the small sailing ship Tiburon flying over the blue water, spray shooting out around her.

Verwoerd, an earlier prime minister, a man she admitted she was "scared stiff" of, fared no better.

Special good softness, air permeability, moisture permeability, completely eliminates the other animal down sultry, stiff defects.

It was a cold winter's day, and the freezing traveler was blowing on his stiff fingers.

Chili and mustard work as both a local anesthetic and a deep-heat treatment to ease stiff and painful muscles.

He was tall, stiff, dignified, and she was wearing the ermine toque she'd bought when her hair was yellow.

In the U. S. , children are usually told to keep a stiff upper lip under any circumstances.

Despite stiff resistance by the nomadic population, people were moved to collective farms and high-yielding cattle breeds were introduced.

The beads of the tyre are the two very strong and stiff circular steel cords which hold the tyre onto the rim, one on each side.

On Sept. 11, the Obama administration announced it will impose stiff import tariffs on Chinese-made tires for the next three years.

meningitis is characterised by the sudden onset of intense headache , fever , nausea , vomiting , photophobia and stiff neck.

I've been sitting all day. My shoulders get so stiff.

All of a sudden, a shadow moves rapidly over the forest and as I gazed up, I became once again scared stiff.

The main clinical manifestations are back pain, stiff, heavy, or even result in patients with acute attacks of bending, turning difficult.

This is separated from the main room by a stiff beige curtain that you pull closed behind you, as in a voting booth.

He went slowly down the hill on stiff legs, his mouth gaping open and closed.

Before you even step into the shower, brush your hair from front to back with a stiff boar-bristle brush.

But as soon as the United States moved to translate the vague pledges into obligations and actions, it encountered stiff resistance.

But Huck Finn thought that the widow's behaviors were stiff and prim, and was in conflict with the widow's sham and the pedantic actions.

Learning how to use the bandha ( muscle lock ) to support the body alignment and increases the flexibility of the stiff part.

The scale and speed of this turnround offers a stiff warning of the perils of seeking to peer beyond the present.