stiffen
verb (used with object)
to make stiff.
will stiffen
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future tenseof stiffen.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The dough will feel dense and will stiffen into a ball.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2022
If you’re gripping a virtual item, the long finger actuators will stiffen, creating a sensation of resistance.
From The Verge ● Nov. 16, 2021
Perhaps the other America will stiffen in tried-and-true backlash and persist in harkening to days of old.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
Back in the Philippines and jobless, they must compete with peers for work in other countries, and competition will stiffen without Taiwan as a market.
From Forbes ● May 16, 2013
If the stirring apparatus be now set in motion, even this large quantity of emulsion will stiffen in at least an hour and a half.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various
