rigid
Example Sentences
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Historically a rigid, regional market, LNG transformed over two decades into an interconnected global commodity driven by flexible U.S. shale exports and specialized tankers.
Qatari contracts are usually more rigid, said Ira Joseph, a senior research associate at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy.
From MarketWatch
In between we were kept standing at rigid attention on the soggy parade ground where we had spent the night.
From Literature
The businesses say only when “the material satisfies rigid and arbitrary regulatory criteria set by the state” are they able to inform consumers their packaging is recyclable.
From Los Angeles Times
The cub’s eyes were fixed on the darkness: ears rigid, hackles raised.
From Literature
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