become rigid
Frequency: 5.82.9 per million words
To develop a more inflexible attitude over time.
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- As people get older, their views can often become more rigid.
- The muscle will become rigid after the injury.
- The company's policies started to become increasingly rigid after the new management took over.
- As the plastic cools, it becomes rigid.
- It's important not to let your ideas become so rigid that you can't adapt.
- Her posture became rigid when she saw her rival.
- His refusal to consider new evidence made his position become completely rigid.
- The company's policies have become rigid over time.
- Without open dialogue, political ideologies can quickly become rigid and unyielding.
- Upon hearing the bad news, his face became rigid.
- She noticed that her father's opinions had become quite rigid over the years.
- The clay becomes rigid once it is fired in the kiln.
- To avoid conflict, sometimes you have to prevent your stance from becoming too rigid.
- The social hierarchy became rigid during the Victorian era.
- The organization's structure had become so rigid that innovation was stifled.
- If the temperature drops further, the material will become rigid.
- He warned that if they didn't adapt, their methods would become obsolete and rigid.
- The dog's body became rigid as it prepared to pounce.
- Despite the changing market, the board's strategy continued to become more rigid.
- After years of routine, his thinking became rigid and inflexible.