Stiffening
['stɪfənɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of becoming stiff; 'stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance'.
(noun.) the process of becoming stiff or rigid.
Typist: Nicholas--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stiffen
(n.) Act or process of making stiff.
(n.) Something used to make anything stiff.
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Examples
- Mr. Langton Cole calls attention to the rope truss in this illustration, stiffening the beam of the ship. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I sha'n't be here long, he rejoined, his lips stiffening with the effort to say just so much and no more. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She gave him back all his kiss, but after a moment he felt her stiffening in his arms, and she put him aside and stood up. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- His head hurt very much and his arm was stiffening so that the pain of moving it was almost unbearable. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The clay for making these required a stiffening material. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There's nothing betwixt stiffening yourself up, and throwing yourself away; take my word for that, old lady. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was a sudden jerk, a terrific convulsion of the limbs; and there he hung, with the open knife clenched in his stiffening hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It was a cold day and the yellow dust was blowing down the street and Montero had been hit in the left arm and the arm was stiffening. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He is a little timid, he proceeded, stiffening himself, and walking trimly to the stairhead. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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