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- adjective Obstinate.
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- adjective
obstinate
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- adjective having a stiff back
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Examples
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He gestured to the sofa first, then quickly changed his mind and pointed to a stiff-backed chair, which was fortunate, because I had no intention of getting comfortable.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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I sat beside him at the funeral, stiff-backed, our sweaty palms clasped together.
Woman, Running Late, in a Dress Dallas Woodburn 2011
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A stiff-backed Arlen Specter bounded out of his burgundy Lincoln Town Car at a community center here and into a scene that had become all too familiar for the 79-year-old senator: "Arlen!" several hundred of his fellow Pennsylvanians screamed.
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He gestured to the sofa first, then quickly changed his mind and pointed to a stiff-backed chair, which was fortunate, because I had no intention of getting comfortable.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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In his mid-50s, Gen. Fernana is squat and barrel-chested, with the stiff-backed strut of a man who has spent a lifetime in uniform.
Libya Rebels Make Gains Near Capital Charles Levinson 2011
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He gestured to the sofa first, then quickly changed his mind and pointed to a stiff-backed chair, which was fortunate, because I had no intention of getting comfortable.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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The vicar looked as if he did indeed mind, but he gathered his Bible and plate and slid to the far end of the table, where he sat stiff-backed as if afraid his very air might be tainted by their presence.
One Night in Scotland Karen Hawkins 2010
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The Californians trooped in, placed their hats on the piano, and seated themselves on stiff-backed chairs arranged in a row facing Hoover and the dour, Bible-toting McClure.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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Shras sighed, but very quickly regained his stiff-backed bearing.
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light David R. George III 2010
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The Californians trooped in, placed their hats on the piano, and seated themselves on stiff-backed chairs arranged in a row facing Hoover and the dour, Bible-toting McClure.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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