stiff-armed; stiff-arming; stiff-arms
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Examples of stiff-arm in a Sentence
Verb
in his sad and lonely old age, he stiff-armed even once-beloved friends
Recent Examples on the Web
Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2024
Earlier in practice, Latu struggled to shed Yiadom’s stiff-arm on a run play.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
In the midst of the brouhaha, there was Lorentz stiff-arming a pair of Oilers — Philip Broberg with his right arm, Brown with his left.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 June 2024
What Preller has been able to do since has been a marvel of creativity, farm system maintenance, financial two-stepping and thinking that stiff-arms impossible.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
Russia for now appears to be stiff-arming the idea of nonproliferation talks with Washington, citing U.S. support for Ukraine, even as the sole remaining arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia – the New START Treaty – will expire in February 2026.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024
Users on social media were quick to compare the move to an NFL stiff-arm.
—Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 20 Apr. 2024
Musgrove came close to pulling off another round of stiff-arming disaster in the third by fighting off singles with back-to-back groundouts.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
Voters in the Associated Press national poll came down with a case of collective amnesia, stubbornly bear-hugging Gonzaga in the rankings while stiff-arming the Aztecs — even after San Diego State’s double-digit win at The Kennel in Spokane.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
Verb
During the eighth day of training camp, Estime received a handoff before delivering a vicious stiff-arm on edge rusher Thomas Incoom near the sideline, generating a handful of cheers from the Broncos faithful on the berm.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2024
Earlier in practice, Latu struggled to shed Yiadom’s stiff-arm on a run play.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
In the midst of the brouhaha, there was Lorentz stiff-arming a pair of Oilers — Philip Broberg with his right arm, Brown with his left.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 June 2024
What Preller has been able to do since has been a marvel of creativity, farm system maintenance, financial two-stepping and thinking that stiff-arms impossible.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
Russia for now appears to be stiff-arming the idea of nonproliferation talks with Washington, citing U.S. support for Ukraine, even as the sole remaining arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia – the New START Treaty – will expire in February 2026.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024
Users on social media were quick to compare the move to an NFL stiff-arm.
—Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 20 Apr. 2024
Musgrove came close to pulling off another round of stiff-arming disaster in the third by fighting off singles with back-to-back groundouts.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
Voters in the Associated Press national poll came down with a case of collective amnesia, stubbornly bear-hugging Gonzaga in the rankings while stiff-arming the Aztecs — even after San Diego State’s double-digit win at The Kennel in Spokane.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
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“Stiff-arm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stiff-arm. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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