stiffens

According to The New York Times, scientists at Case Western University have created a material that stiffens from a soft state when stimulated.

Resilient Urbanism 2008

In the case of Woolf, Elshtain stiffens her tone and accuses her of seeking to 'de-realise' rather than realise the citizen with her outsider, peaceful separationism.

Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008

But the influence of "our Hindenburg," as he is often affectionately called, is wider than the east; the magic of his name stiffens the deadline in the west, and the man in the street, whose faith is great, feels sure that when he has fought his last great battle in the east the turn of the French and English will come.

New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

"stiffens" into the rigidity of an historical and aesthetic object when read backwards through his death.

Shelley's Pod People 2005

My body stiffens and my fists clench at the mere mention of the word.

Ami Fields-Meyer: The Potency of the R-Word Ami Fields-Meyer 2011

Reality check£12m on Roger Johnson and Jamie O'Hara stiffens their chances of making a break from the perennial stragglers but they will need Kevin Doyle and tattoo parlour dummy Steven Fletcher to score more.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League 2011-12 team guide 2011

So, I'd suggest you wait till the pheasant cools and stiffens up a bit.

Pro Clinic: What to do When Your Dog Will Not Retrieve 2009

Packers 20-10 Bears, 6:32 3rd quarter The Chicago defence stiffens when it needs to ... or perhaps Green Bay just made the wrong personnel calls.

Green Bay Packers 27-17 Chicago Bears - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011

So, I'd suggest you wait till the pheasant cools and stiffens up a bit.

Pro Clinic: What to do When Your Dog Will Not Retrieve 2009

Her face stiffens with the effort of indifference, lacquers over, smooth as riverbed sand.

An Ugly Man Marcela Fuentes 2011