After sitting so long, she got up stiffly. From LearnThat.org.
His hands lay stiffly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
For a long moment Jaric stared at the broken skin of his hands, his expression stiffly unreadable. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
Richina sat in the saddle of her mount " stiffly " in front of the players. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Sorceress]
The character models animate kind of stiffly, but overall, they look good, especially during the cutscenes. From Wordnik.com. [GayGamer.net] Reference
"Very well, Mr. Blacker," the colonel said stiffly. From Wordnik.com. [Get Out of Our Skies!] Reference
"Certainly not," replied Sir Simon, somewhat stiffly. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
So I stumped a little stiffly to the group, and said. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
"Loyalty is not everything in my eyes," says Chan stiffly. From Wordnik.com. [Hong Kong's Canary] Reference
She went out quickly, walking stiffly in order not to fall. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Business and love are incompatible," he said, a bit stiffly. From Wordnik.com. [What's Love Got To Do With It?] Reference
"Shall I see if I can find her for you?" suggested Trent stiffly. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
The one named Pincus walked up to me stiffly and held out a limp hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 12] Reference
Meanwhile, the freed suspect walked stiffly in the opposite direction. From Wordnik.com. [David Dagan: How Not to Catch a Thief] Reference
On the cover, Kohl poses stiffly with an ex-Miss Germany from the east. From Wordnik.com. [Slips On The Campaign Trail] Reference
The curé rose stiffly, went over to the figure in the corner and shook it. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Sitting up stiffly, she saw the pink scrape on her knee grow bedewed with blood. From Wordnik.com. [’] Reference
Now they moved stiffly out to the platform, relieved that the journey had ended. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
I bent stiffly; the glass hadn't cracked, but the back of the frame had come loose. From Wordnik.com. [The Island] Reference
She speaks to him in the same stiffly formal voice she used downstairs, at the desk. From Wordnik.com. [What He's Poised To Do] Reference
He was always stiffly standing and staring straight ahead with a look of confused despair. From Wordnik.com. [She's a Mystery Girl] Reference
Brown lighted the lamp on the table; the others climbed stiffly to their feet, stretching. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
The rest of that day you just bent awkwardly and sniffed things, your arms stiffly crossed. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Gift] Reference
Three months after the election, the wounds aren't so much healed as stiffly unacknowledged. From Wordnik.com. [Homophobia] Reference
He stands holding it stiffly out in front of him, afraid to let brush against his clothes. From Wordnik.com. [Adrift] Reference
By turns, he sat stiffly in a corner chair or paced uneasily, his head swiveling constantly. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
The doctor stood and made his way stiffly up the stairway that encircled the giant glass pillar. From Wordnik.com. [Tin Girl] Reference
"I held my head stiffly, trying to focus on a vacant point on the blackboard behind him," Obama wrote. From Wordnik.com. [On His Own] Reference
Actually, he was feeling a good deal of "emotional stress," as he somewhat stiffly put it to a NEWSWEEK reporter. From Wordnik.com. [DOWN TO THE WIRE] Reference
He looks uncomfortable and moves stiffly, and the fatuous smile that appears and disappears at random is unnerving. From Wordnik.com. [A Mouse King, A Boy Prince--And A Cash Cow] Reference
As a senator, and later president, he sometimes walked stiffly from a chronic bad back, and had trouble climbing stairs. From Wordnik.com. [We Hardly Knew The Half Of It] Reference
Standing stiffly in a row of nominees at last week's Clinton press conference, Gore looked like just another faceless aide. From Wordnik.com. [Gore's World] Reference
Lefkowitz was stiffly rebuked by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, but the North Koreans haven't made things any easier. From Wordnik.com. [Looking For A Legacy] Reference
Here's the rock star who's never been known for being much of a musician standing up and stiffly strumming like she's Patti Smith. From Wordnik.com. [Madonna Square Garden] Reference
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