1.   But after an hour or so of trudging into the stiff wind, a slight feeling of despair crept over me.

2.   Within minutes a stiff wind was blowing over the harbor.

3.   The outer walls looked likely to tumble down in a stiff wind.

4.   The airborne attack became confused because of stiff winds and the evasive flying of the transport planes when they encountered anti-aircraft fire.

5.   As he lingers on the beach under an ominous sky, a stiff wind churns the sand into a diaphanous river.

6.   At nightfall, as stiff winds chilled the summit, astronomers and computer specialists hovered over consoles in the dimly lighted control room.

7.   At other times this season, the Lakers have been able to navigate so the stiff wind in their faces was suddenly at their backs.

8.   A chill had come back into the air after the warm weekend, and a stiff wind was blowing.

9.   A heavy snow was falling into a stiff wind.

10.   A stiff westerly wind caused us to stop for gas in seemingly every other town.