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stiff-necked

[stif-nekt] / ˈstɪfˈnɛkt /


















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Watson is in a perpetual state of stiff-necked choler tinged with snobbery — “I am better educated, more wealthy and stronger than you are,” he tells Bea, who is unmoved.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2021

"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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