stiffest
- superlative of stiff.
Example Sentences
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It turned out that some of the stiffest competition faced by the New Britain plant came from within Stanley itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Tarrant's penalty of life imprisonment without parole was the stiffest in New Zealand history.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
As in other categories, the stiffest competition comes from ‘Severance’: Adam Scott, so compelling as the emotionally conflicted Mark S. His conversation with his ‘outie’ self was a knockout.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
The fixture list has served up the stiffest of Six Nations starts for England.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025
Her body curled too; as the weeks turned to months, she shrank into herself like the stiffest of fetuses, shrivelling, her skin sallow and waxy.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
