1.   Many looked incongruously stiff in the casual-looking dealing room where they were interviewed.

2.   A speaker who often sounds wooden and looks stiff, he has yet to demonstrate consistently a folksy side that appeals to many voters.

3.   But he looks stiff much of the time, ready to shatter like glass from the slightest shove in the back.

4.   During that campaign Gore did not look so much stiff as numb, as if he had been knocked over the head with a bat.

5.   During the warm-ups, Gretzky looked stiff and seemed to be in some pain, skating slowly and grimacing every time he handled the puck.

6.   Earlier in the season, he was often looking stiff behind the bench.

7.   Even his hair looked less stiff.

8.   He looked too stiff.

9.   It all looked stiff, the models stalking along in a bloodless trance.

10.   Many young Chinese said that Jiang, who read from notes, looked stiff compared to the loquacious American president.