How to use "stiff" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "stiff" in popular movie and book plots

  • Facing stiff resistance in the Pacific War, Truman orders the use of the atomic bomb against Japan in July 1945.  - The Beginning or the End
  • He hires the stiff and pretentious mrs Hortensia General to educate his daughters and prepare them for their new position in society.  - Little Dorrit (TV series)
  • A colorless stiff candidate for President is replaced in public appearances by a charismatic medicine show pitchman.  - The Phantom President
  • A haughty, stiff Kaiser Wilhelm II visits their camp to ceremoniously pin medals on heroic soldiers, which includes Himmelstoss.  - All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 film)
  • Facing stiff opposition from the girl’s father, all the friends get together and get the couple married.  - Maanbumigu Maanavan
  • Salim attempts to blackmail Phantom, but he ends up getting the stiff end of the deal as he convinces Phantom to visit New York to find Zohan.  - You Don't Mess with the Zohan
  • At first, he receives her with stiff politeness but she proves herself to be knowledgeable about fencing.  - The Fencing Master
  • While at the spelling bee, the children face stiff competition from two homeschooled children, Rebecca and Mark Cotswalds.  - Hooked on Monkey Fonics
  • As Pyne instantly concludes, he is bored stiff living in an English village after a lifetime of excitement and adventure.  - Parker Pyne Investigates
  • Elsie arrives at the embassy and is soon joined by the Prince Regent, a stiff and pompous man.  - The Prince and the Showgirl
  • Judd does not see Marty approaching, and shoots a doe out of season, which would mean a stiff fine Judd cannot afford.  - Shiloh (Naylor novel)
  • After a fight in a slaughterhouse, the man holding the money tries to stiff Philo.  - Every Which Way but Loose (film)
  • Only Brother Belcher fails to display a stiff upper lip, and panics like a normal person.  - Carry On Up the Khyber
  • At dinner Ralph is so sore and stiff his joints creak and pop.  - Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
  • Bored stiff by New York society, Madeleine Lee decides to go to Washington to be close to the hub of politics.  - Democracy: An American Novel
  • Dupin noticed that the paper was chafed as if the stiff paper was first rolled one way and then another.  - The Purloined Letter

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