stiffly

Example Sentences

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But they're fairly stiffly dressed, they're all standing apart and it looks like they've just been presented a prize on a game show.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

But as she approached him, she said, he held out his arm stiffly to keep her back, and shook her hand instead.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Villanueva bristled, stiffly telling Deixler, “That’s a former undersheriff.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2024

“I don’t reminisce much about what’s happened in the past,” Saban said Sunday before posing stiffly with the Rose Bowl trophy and an equally formal Harbaugh.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

He pushed the lid sideway and it moved stiffly, chunks of sand falling inside as it opened.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook