stiffen

Example Sentences

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IPF is a chronic, progressive lung disease characterized by irreversible scarring and stiffening of lung tissue.

From Barron's

And sure enough, as UConn’s shots started falling and its defense stiffened against Boozer’s attacks, the deficit narrowed.

From The Wall Street Journal

The inquest was told rigor mortis - the stiffening of the body after death - had set in.

From BBC

At the close I always put the pen in her stiffened fingers so she could sign it.

From Literature

Already, he could feel the Death Marks stiffening on his skin.

From Literature