stiff as a board

Example Sentences

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He just stood there, stiff as a board, with his head down, and his legs spraddled out.

From Literature

I was still sitting there like a marble statue of Distressa, Patron Saint of Dread and Dumbfoundedness: mouth and eyes wide open, arms and legs sticking out, and everything as stiff as a board.

From Literature

Another stands stiff as a board on the bottom step of a cabin.

From Literature

Unmoving and stiff as a board, she appeared to be deceased.

From Science Magazine

At first, Berry couldn’t run: He lay on the floor, rigid, face not moving, “as stiff as a board,” his tour manager recalled.

From Washington Post