She stiffened when he grabbed her shoulder.
The dogs stiffened in alarm.
The law would stiffen penalties for tax evasion.
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Selecting Sport+ mode stiffens the Vantage’s suspension and sharpens responses.—Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 12 May 2024 There’s another gown from the same year, designed by the House of Worth, that was treated with metallic salts to stiffen the taffeta.—Jason Farago, New York Times, 9 May 2024 Russia and Ukraine use drones to terrorize each other’s citizens as well as generate propaganda to stiffen their own citizens’ resolve.—Paul Lushenko, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024 Ligaments and tendons hold your knee joint together, and those also tend to stiffen and tighten with age.—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 14 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stiffen
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