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
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
But their willingness to stiff-arm Zelensky also reflected eroding support among GOP voters for Ukraine’s battle against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2023
Six-foot-eight TE Donald Parham had the longest stiff-arm in NFL history, and caught the TD just prior to halftime.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2023
Justin Herbert made physical plays that few quarterbacks can pull off, such as stiff-arming a 280-pound end to the turf, running away from linebackers and icing the 24-17 victory with a 51-yard strike on third-and-10 as the pocket closed on him.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
Verb
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
But their willingness to stiff-arm Zelensky also reflected eroding support among GOP voters for Ukraine’s battle against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2023
Six-foot-eight TE Donald Parham had the longest stiff-arm in NFL history, and caught the TD just prior to halftime.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2023
Justin Herbert made physical plays that few quarterbacks can pull off, such as stiff-arming a 280-pound end to the turf, running away from linebackers and icing the 24-17 victory with a 51-yard strike on third-and-10 as the pocket closed on him.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
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“Stiff-arm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stiff-arm. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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