stiff as a board
Example Sentences
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Unmoving and stiff as a board, she appeared to be deceased.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 10, 2023
She was as stiff as a board and never once on the beat during that number, and no amount of professional dancers could hide that.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2016
"Hopefully it's nothing serious but he's not quite sure – he'll either wake up and there'll be nothing there or he'll be as stiff as a board," said Moores.
From The Guardian • May 16, 2012
My hair was stiff as a board and Mom had to wash it out.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2010
“Now you’ll want to hold it out in front of you and press—” I press the button and Magnus goes stiff as a board, his thick arms clapping against his sides.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
