stiffen
verb (used with object)
to make stiff.
unstiffened
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a word derived from
stiffen.
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
He wore a large horse-shoe pin in his unstiffened stock.
From The Dew of Their Youth by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Waters, halting upon the cobbles, sniffed with recognition and unstiffened his mind as he gazed along the dreary street.
From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Perceval Gibbon
Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.
From The Stark Munro Letters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Upon his head was a broad brimmed unstiffened castor, falling over his shoulders behind, and looped up in front by a curiously wrought broach.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by William A. (Alexander) Caruthers
