Use of stiffly in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include stiffly at the start of sentence, stiffly at the end of sentence and stiffly in the middle of sentence

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stiffly at the start of sentence


  1. Stiffly, reluctantly, she rose to her feet and began to sweep up the litter of broken china.

stiffly at the end of sentence


  1. He bent down stiffly.
  2. Jim stood up stiffly.
  3. She spoke to me stiffly.
  4. He got out of bed stiffly.
  5. She held up her hand stiffly.
  6. 'Thank you,' she replied stiffly.
  7. The three officials waved stiffly.
  8. The flycatcher stands up more stiffly.
  9. We rose, from chair or bed, slowly and stiffly.
  10. "Why don't you borrow your sister's car?" said Cassandra stiffly.
  11. "I don't think that it's anything to do with you, " he said stiffly.

stiffly in the middle of sentence


  1. His manner was stiffly formal.
  2. The key turned stiffly in the lock.
  3. He arched back stiffly in the chair.
  4. The soldiers stood stiffly to attention
  5. He climbed stiffly from the Volkswagen.
  6. She roused herself stiffly from her chair.
  7. She undressed and climbed stiffly into bed.
  8. If he ran, it ran too, moving stiffly, like a corpse.
  9. He sat stiffly, with a pained expression on his face .
  10. Moira sat stiffly upright in her straight-backed chair.
  11. He stands up stiffly and proposes a toast to their old friend.
  12. She sat down stiffly on a chair by the wall, aware that they were looking at her.
  13. He walked, slowly and stiffly, towards the ramp that led from the garden to the street.
  14. She sat down rather stiffly on the grass, being careful to keep a safe distance between them.
  15. Stacked on the cargo deck, they still fought, frozen inside their rubber bags, arms and legs stiffly askew.
  16. She noted though that after this Felipe de Santis was prepared to acknowledge Mitch's presence although he was stiffly formal.
  17. When the Reclusiarch passed back again, each initiate must hold out his middle finger, pointing stiffly forward from his fist.

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