stiffener
Example Sentences
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When you screw one side of the angle to the bottom of the seat, the other side of the angle acts as a stiffener.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2018
Soviet troops were just supposed to provide the initial stiffener.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sea breezes used to ruffle the models' clothes until someone devised a stiffener to make them lie flat.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fact is, my head is so heavy, that it rolls about on my shoulders; and I must have a stiffener down my throat to prop it up.
From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat
Anxiety is a great contractor of muscle, a great stiffener.
From Resonance in Singing and Speaking by Thomas Fillebrown
