The stiff,crackling noises of frozen animal skins told him that the chiefs tent was being torn down.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Miz Kwolek needed a new way to make stiff, resistant fibers for the job.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

Their muscles become stiff. They might bump into things or fall over objects.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

My clothing felt stiff and strange.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

Ethiopia's army entered Somalia in 2006 to drive out an al-Shabab backed administration in Mogadishu, but encountered stiff opposition and withdrew earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.20

Solar cells,or photovoltaics, are widely made using wafers of silicon that are stiff and brittle.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

But Mr.Obama told the West Point graduates that Americans have faced stiff challenges before.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

Some members of Congress say cheap Chinese imports carry a stiff price.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

The amended law bans the import of wood products from illegal logging operations, and threatens U.S.companies that violate the law with stiff fines,jail time, and confiscation of their illicitly-traded timber or forest products.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

But the president has run into stiff opposition from conservative Republicans, and even moderate Democrats now believe it is likely that the president will have to settle for a compromise bill that is sure to disappoint his liberal supporters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28