stiff-kneed

And yet he knew, furthermore, that hers was a certain stiff-kneed pride that would not have permitted her to accept marriage as an act of philanthropy.

Chapter XII 2010

What I think you fail to realise #2 is that if they'd translated the robots over to film exactly as they were originally intended, then you'd have a bunch of high-pitched, vividly-coloured, stiff-kneed, and let's face it - boring robots running around on screen for two hours.

Rumor: Constructicons Coming in Transformers 2?! « FirstShowing.net 2008

He waited for a lumbering bus and its coterie of attending taxis to pass, then embarked on a stiff-kneed trot to the far side of the street, eschewing the crosswalk and traffic lights just several yards away.

Record of a Living Being Dominic Preziosi 2009

He waited for a lumbering bus and its coterie of attending taxis to pass, then embarked on a stiff-kneed trot to the far side of the street, eschewing the crosswalk and traffic lights just several yards away.

Record of a Living Being 2009

She said, "Hush," because, at that moment, Dr. Fell came marching around the corner of the building, with his stiff-kneed gait, his hands folded behind his back.

Orphans of Chaos 2005

In anything that touched money he was, he always had been, stiff-necked, stiff-kneed.

The White Monkey 2004

Then, suddenly, heads were again turning to stare at an old man who was hobbling with a stiff-kneed gait down the center aisle.

Dark Angel V.C.Andrews® 1986

Then, suddenly, heads were again turning to stare at an old man who was hobbling with a stiff-kneed gait down the center aisle.

Dark Angel V.C.Andrews® 1986

Emerson broke into a weird, stiff-kneed dance, waving his arms.

The Curse of the Pharaohs Peters, Elizabeth, 1927- 1981

Well, when that monastery gate clinks behind me, I feel that it had permanently altered the theater of Plucky Purcell, that my own little short-run drama, my stiff-kneed dance of life, has been transformed.

Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971