lie stiff
Frequency: 4.05.1 per million words
To be in a lying position while being rigid.
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Examples (10)
- She lay stiff and still beside him.
- After the accident, he had to lie stiff in bed for days.
- The fallen tree branch lay stiff on the ground, unmoving.
- If you lie stiff for too long, your muscles will ache.
- The dead animal lay stiff on the roadside, a tragic sight.
- He forced himself to lie stiff, pretending to be asleep.
- The old rope had been left out in the cold and now lay stiff and unyielding.
- Don't just lie stiff there; try to relax your body.
- Despite the pain, she tried to lie as stiff as possible to avoid further injury.
- The ancient mummy was found to lie stiff within its sarcophagus.