stiffen

Example Sentences

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These findings further support the idea that chronic inflammation drives tissue stiffening.

From Science Daily

Drive up the A34 road from Alfred the Great’s capital at Winchester to Oxford and you trace the forgotten spine of an older England, with stretches stiffened by Roman roads.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her sister’s entire demeanor stiffened, and Clara realized too late that she had crossed a boundary she ought not to have crossed.

From Literature

As Martin, Charles stiffens himself and keeps his facial expressions generally between neutral and annoyed, though he’s softer than Clunes, less a prisoner of his own body, less abrasive, less otherworldly.

From Los Angeles Times

Speaking to the BBC, he said with a "stiffening resolve" politicians could "take back control" of the levers of democracy.

From BBC