stiff with
Example Sentences
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My one good spatula had gone missing under a tea towel stiff with dough.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025
If you’re a working stiff with a W-2 and some 1099s, the government already has most of your tax information, and the collection process associated with that information is largely automated.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2025
Her face stiff with the effort to appear normal, her limbs loose and untrustworthy, she moves about the world gingerly, hesitantly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Even when she was in her prime, Mom’s hands were often stiff with rheumatoid arthritis, and that cheese grater really tested her mettle.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
“Can’t you feel it? I bet this whole room is just stiff with enchantments. I could feel it the moment we came in.”
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
