are stiffening
- present progressive of stiffen.
Example Sentences
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Although they’re allowing 367 yards per game, the Nittany Lions are stiffening up when they need to.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
My joints are stiffening and my arteries are hardening while the rest of my pallid, toneless body looks like it’s melting.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2016
Many European countries are stiffening their laws targeting foreign fighters.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2015
“We’re seeing indications, certainly, that Iraqi security forces in and around Baghdad are stiffening themselves,” said Rear Adm.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2014
While you delay, you are stiffening into the habit of rejection.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander
