The water's stiff.

Tom was scared stiff.

Tom is bored stiff.

You're probably bored stiff.

My back is stiff.

Tom has a stiff neck.

Opposition from local residents remains stiff.

Shoes are stiff when they are new.

I walked till my legs got stiff.

They congratulated themselves on their stiff upper lips.

Whip the egg whites until they are stiff.

His small hands tense against her clothing, his body stiff.

He is old and stiff... he moves with a stoop .

Predictably, the Senate s bill encountered stiff resistance from the dominant rating agencies.

One thing is certain enlargement has confronted Western Europe with extremely stiff wage competition.

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

Currently, however, Obama s smart power strategy is facing a stiff challenge from events in the Middle East.

Had Clinton tried to send American troops, he would have encountered stiff resistance in the US Congress.

These rice exporters, including the US, also maintain stiff import duties, thereby protecting domestic farmers from global competition.

I really can't remember,' answered Vronsky absent mindedly, the name Karenina suggesting to him some one stiff and dull.

Even worse, if the minimum wage is only enforced for locals, they would have stiff competition from cheaper foreign labor.

Greece was an early favorite in the race to claim it, but faced a stiff challenge for a time from Ireland.

The failed procedures resulted in jaw misalignment, asymmetrical eye size and eyelids, crooked noses and stiff facial muscles, among other consequences.

This requires, above all, a stiff warning to Serbia that it can no longer prevent Bosnia and Kosovo from moving towards Europe.

But the ruling mullahs' stiff resistance to even modest changes suggests that they understand that serious reforms will put their rule at stake.

But the ruling mullahs' stiff resistance to even modest changes suggests that they understand that serious reforms will put their rule at stake.

Protectionist trade measures, perhaps in the form of a stiff US tariff on Chinese imports, would be profoundly self destructive, even absent the inevitable retaliatory measures.

And if you measure very, very carefully with a stiff arm and a straight edge, you'll see that those two shapes are exactly the same size.

And it is so difficult to behave well under these circumstances, and not be ridiculous and he is not ridiculous or stiff, and is evidently touched.'

Although Chen s government, under pressure from the opposition Kuomintang, later restarted work on the plant, design revisions have repeatedly delayed its completion. Opposition from local residents remains stiff.

Nowadays, when the EU concludes agreements with non EU countries, it includes all sorts of stiff requirements in areas like human rights, non proliferation, readmission of migrants, and terrorism.

Human technologies have tended to be large, flat, with right angles, stiff, made of metal. They have rolling devices and axles. There are very few motors, very few sensors.

When the time came to jump out of that airplane I was scared stiff. My heart was pounding so hard I thought it would come out of my chest.

By imposing a stiff tax on energy consumption, Europeans would reduce both consumption of energy and its price in world markets, in turn cutting the flow of funds to Russia and Iran.

Cord, in honour of the races, was dressed in his best clothes a black buttoned up coat, a stiff starched collar that pressed against his cheeks, a bowler hat, and top boots.

Brought into the country by book smugglers despite the threat of stiff prison sentences, they helped fuel a growing nationalist sentiment that finally led to the lifting of the ban in 1904.

I also believe education doesn't have to be formal or stiff, but can be engaging, empowering and enjoyable so it wasn't a hard decision for me to accept when Raising the Bar asked me.

Even the history of the circus is focused on such a pairing the vain, dignified White Clown and Augustus the Fool, the humble loser who is kicked in the pants by his stiff, pompous partner.

Second, even when selling to countries other than the US, Japanese exporters often face stiff American competition. Take Japanese exports to South East Asia, which are almost 50 denominated in dollars due to competition from US exporters.

Congressional action in America was the last act of a long drama, and it cleared the way for US companies to bid for Indian nuclear contracts, an area in which they will face stiff competition from France and Russia.

We had a very lively punk scene, which was very rebellious, and it more or less told people to ignore the two traditions and 'find your own alternative Ulster,' to use a phrase from the band Stiff Little Fingers.

The day after his arrival the Prince, attired in a long overcoat, and with his Russian wrinkles, and his slightly puffy cheeks supported by a stiff collar, went out in the brightest of spirits to the Springs with his daughter.

One comment I always get is she is stiff so body language and motion definitely need attention Politician should not be about clothes and fashion but unfortunately we are a society that judges so accept it and work with it.

Asked about the stiff penalty imposed on the cafe owner, Natalia Vodianova said she would prefer to see him sentenced to community service. I would suggest replacing the fine with volunteer work in one of our youth after school camps, she explained.

Much of the rice grown in Pakistan, Vietnam, and especially America is stimulated by subsidies, and then dumped into African markets at low prices sometimes below the cost of production. These rice exporters, including the US, also maintain stiff import duties, thereby protecting domestic farmers from global competition.