grow rigid
Frequency: 5.21.8 per million words
To gradually become more inflexible.
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- He grew even more rigid and uncompromising as he got older.
- The old man's joints began to grow rigid with arthritis.
- Over time, the company's policies started to grow increasingly rigid, stifling innovation.
- Her face grew rigid with anger as she listened to the accusations.
- Without regular stretching, the dancer's muscles will grow rigid.
- The once flexible regulations have grown quite rigid over the years.
- His posture grew rigid as he braced himself for the impact.
- The bureaucracy tends to grow rigid and inefficient if not regularly reformed.
- After the long journey, his back started to grow rigid from sitting too long.
- Their ideas about education had grown so rigid that they resisted any new teaching methods.