stiff-necked
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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
I no longer sit stiff-necked, straight- backed, feet regimented side by side on the floor, eyes at the salute.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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