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stiff-necked

[stif-nekt] / ˈstɪfˈnɛkt /


















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Bateman pointed to a gold frame with inlaid flowers, containing sketches of a mustachioed man in a tuxedo and a serious woman in a stiff-necked dress.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2023

"I would argue that both governments have been excessively stiff-necked," Bunn says.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 31, 2017

But America has a proud history of stiff-necked heroes.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2017

Mattie was an especially hard role, requiring an inexperienced actress to convey her "very adult, very self-possessed, very stiff-necked Protestant sensibility," Ethan Coen said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2010

He was Lady Whent's man, stiff-necked and stolid, and the first to rise to aid Catelyn Stark back at the inn.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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