stiffen

stiffen the shirt with starch

Threats merely stiffened his spine.

"So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer.

He stiffened at her rude remarks.

He tried to stiffen his wavering soldiers.

John stiffened his jaw so he wouldn't disgrace himself by crying.

During the process of calculation, the relative ubiety between impactive location and stiffener is taken into account.

This paper presents an approximate analytic method for the stiffened torispherical shell with opening under uniform external pressure, that is, the equivalent spherical shell method.

I was startled to feel Edward stiffen at my side.

The sight seemed to stiffen his resolve, and he nodded.

When those boundaries are crossed, an Americans body will visibly stiffen and his manner will become cool and aloof.

A series of grammatically proper sentences can stiffen that line, make it less pliable.

He stiffened. " I did not say that" .

But some remnant of pride, of common sense stiffened her.

His long stiffened tail is designed like a balancing pole.

The startup, Sewbo Inc. , hardens, or stiffens, fabric with chemicals.

Professor Trelawney has stiffened as though unable to believe her ears.

Halfway through shaking Harry's hand, they stiffened, looking round at Malfoy.