Dr. Fell stepped forward with a stiff-legged stride. From Wordnik.com. [Orphans of Chaos] Reference
A few stiff-legged kicks take him back to the bottom. From Wordnik.com. [Starfish] Reference
She came to a stiff-legged stop and began to tremble. From Wordnik.com. [Decision at Doona]
Ankle support results in stiff-legged Frankenstein stalk. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
The mule bounded into the air and came down stiff-legged. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
It was a huge black dog, stalking stiff-legged toward her. From Wordnik.com. [War for the Oaks]
Startled eyes flashed to this stiff-legged, reeling figure. From Wordnik.com. [Conan Of The Isles]
Two clumsy stiff-legged jumps placed him beside the blasters. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
Xertes froze, bowed swiftly and marched stiff-legged from the room. From Wordnik.com. [Waylander]
She obeyed, walking slowly, stiff-legged, as a frightened fawn might. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
Two other cameras show her being taken away, apparently stiff-legged. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2007] Reference
Furniture helped support my stiff-legged stumble and keep me upright. From Wordnik.com. [Tell No One]
In the shadows behind his bed something lurched, stiff-legged and jerky. From Wordnik.com. [Dalamar the Dark]
With his back in a hump he shot into the air and came down stiff-legged. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
Climbing stiff-legged and lopsided from her bed, she went to her bathroom. From Wordnik.com. [Cradle and All]
With that she turned and walked stiff-legged back toward Diligence Cottage. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
He was so funny when he walked, all stiff-legged with his arms up like that. From Wordnik.com. [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference
You saw how he stalked out, stiff-legged, his face locked, his fists knotted. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
She walked stiff-legged and numb, desperate to find a way to make herself useful. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Heorot]
When Chet remained stiff-legged and tight-lipped above him, he patted the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Honorbound]
He never came down in the same place twice, but he always came down stiff-legged. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
Like a miniature Frankenstein, I walked stiff-legged, arms held away from my body. From Wordnik.com. [El Gabacho] Reference
The elevator doors sighed open and he stepped out into the corridor, stiff-legged. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
And Skogel, turning his back, stalked stiff-legged back into the dimness of his shop. From Wordnik.com. [Marune: Alastor 933]
Like a miniature Frankenstein, I walked stiff-legged, arms held away from my body. From Wordnik.com. [El Gabacho] Reference
Fifteen minutes later he was away, walking stiff-legged from the pain down the street. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
He arched his back and stiffened his tail and pranced, stiff-legged, around the mattress. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Moved A Mountain]
The dance consisted in all jumping straight up and down as stiff-legged and as high as possible. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
Karanissa turned and looked at it, and the chair walked, stiff-legged and awkward, over to Tobas. From Wordnik.com. [With a Single Spell]
He stood stiff-legged, lazily chewing a mouthful of leaves, defying her to make him take a single step. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
A low growl rumbling in her throat, she advanced one stiff-legged pace toward the prone man, then another. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
We slipped out of the ferns, skirted them, the dog-wolf walking stiff-legged in the lead, eyes and ears alert. From Wordnik.com. [Dwellers in the Mirage] Reference
Bidding his night-fears be damned, he strode stiff-legged across the vault for a closer look at the long-dead thing. From Wordnik.com. [Conan]
Stotting is a stiff-legged gait or jumping behavior in savanna prey animals that actually makes them more vulnerable to predators. From Wordnik.com. [Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer: The Real Reason McCain Picked Palin] Reference
As she had hoped, Jamal strode out of his tent with a stiff-legged gait that bespoke a fair amount of temper held firmly in check. From Wordnik.com. [Elvenblood]
Let him burble on with his story while I lie back and regard the stiff-legged figures of the padded batsmen through the trembling grasses. From Wordnik.com. [The Waves] Reference
Then he walked, stiff-legged, somewhat awkwardly for the first several steps, out from behind the barrier of the table, crossing the room. From Wordnik.com. [beneath an opal moon]
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