stiffen

His back just stiffened too much to continue, he said later.

The thought stiffened him to go through with the matter.

The boy stiffened, as if trying to come to attention.

Every time he said the word the girl stiffened a little.

When they had gone a little way, he stiffened his face.

By then he was dead, his body beginning to stiffen.

Hard to believe the boy could stiffen even further to attention.

Suddenly he stiffened, and held his head to one side.

The very thought of what they'd done made him stiffen again.

When I brought this up with him, he stiffened a little.

I stiffened, and a cold feeling came into my mind.

In a moment, the man's long face had stiffened for the test.

She must've known from the way my entire body stiffened when I started coming.

Then she looked over my shoulder, and her face stiffened.

But then she thought of something that made her stiffen.

She stiffened and her eyes dropped away from his face.

Then he stiffened a little, looking out through the screen.

The free woman in the audience stiffened at these words.

Peter stiffened up and sat at attention during the service.

A picture on the wall made him stiffen to attention.

This is when your hands and feet start to stiffen.

However, the arm stiffened and he was gone for the night.

The man's face stiffened; something closed down behind his eyes.

She stiffened, and pulled away from him as if he were on fire.

His soldiers stiffened and turned their eyes away from the girls.