Example Sentences

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“THE.BEST.COLLECTION.EVER,” Esquire’s natty English fashion director, Nick Sullivan, tapped out on Instagram, upper lip definitively unstiffened.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2014

Then her rigid face unstiffened from its gray frost-bound expression, and the features dropped into the relaxed look of despondency, so unusual to their sternness.

From North and South by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Pure silk, that is silk unstiffened with gums, no matter how thickly and heavily it is woven, is soft and yielding and will fall into folds without sharp angles.

From Principles of Home Decoration With Practical Examples by Wheeler, Candace

Angus had grown into a young man, tall and lean, quite unstiffened by his hard work.

From The Land of Strong Men by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)

He wore a man's sombrero, old and dirty, which came down to his ears and flopped a wide, unstiffened brim around his face.

From Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories by Kelly, Florence Finch