As a working stiff who clocks in at 6 a.m., Maria barely has time for breakfast before her shift.

She stood stiff-lipped as the verdict was read, refusing to let her emotions show.

I was bored stiff during the three-hour meeting.

Doctors diagnosed her with a rare form of stiff sickness after she stepped on a rusty nail.

A stiff-tailed duck dived silently beneath the reeds to escape the approaching boat.

Stiff-tailed ducks bobbed quietly among the reeds as the sun rose.

Even when the storm destroyed their homes, the villagers kept a stiff upper lip and helped each other rebuild.

After months of unexplained muscle stiffness and spasms, she was finally diagnosed with stiff person syndrome.

The stiff-leaf goldenrod, Solidago rigida, is native to most of eastern North America and lights up late-summer meadows with its bright yellow flowers.

At the ceremony, the veterans' stiff upper lips impressed the younger recruits.