rigid designator

Or have gender roles in stories become fewer and more rigid?

In all business matters he required a rigid economy though never at the expense of efficiency.

Before her pencil he sat rigid and unflinching, as he had faced the cannon's mouth in days gone by.

Every movement rigidly prescribed, arms held rigid and sharply bent at the elbows.

The baggage is then taken to the Custom-house in a steam-launch for examination, which is not unduly rigid.

Then there was a faint pulsation of the rigid limbs, the white, mean face took on a tinge as if the blood were flowing again.