If Margaret had taken a stiff dose of her tonic after dinner, it might have.

"What the situation really needs is a stiff dose of regulatory intervention, and soon."

HeÕd had a pretty stiff dose, and he wanted very much to remain alive.

The rain had muddied most of the dust, but they'd still had a pretty stiff dose.

"You gave him an awfully stiff dose for his first such contact."

Now it's time for you to give the nation "a stiff dose of truth."

We offer another way, a better way and a stiff dose of truth.

The prospect is for an increasingly stiff dose of testing; and yet the politics of the situation are by no means obvious.

American culture still seems to trust that any serious purpose, especially a stiff dose of art, is a sure-fire turnoff.

"Take some whiskey," I said, pouring out a stiff dose.