stiffen
verb (used with object)
to make stiff.
am stiffening
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present progressiveof stiffen (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Do you know who I am?" stiffening herself into her idea of regal bearing.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various
But, like Thomas Diafoirus, I am stiffening myself against the difficulties of execution which are frightful.
From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by Aimée G. Leffingwel McKenzie
