Stiffening Sentence Examples

In the long run, however, even this palliative ceased to work; and accordingly on June 5 1917 a new stiffening of the standing orders was voted, which sufficed in effect during the later period of the Parliament.

She was soon soaked by a light drizzle and stretched to keep her stiffening muscles warm.

There are four cables, one on each side of the two main trusses or stiffening girders.

The underside of the stiffening girder is 82 ft.

This is due to stiffening of the heart muscle.

She retreated to her apartment, breathing raggedly, with cold tears stiffening her cheeks.

The vehicle contained a roll of gauze and Dean bound his own stiffening leg after spreading a disinfectant on the oozing abrasion.

The plaits are sewed partly by hand and in a special sewing-machine, and the hats or bonnets are finished by stiffening with gelatin size and blocking into shape with the aid of heat and powerful pressure, according to the dictates of fashion.

The suspension bridge dispenses with the compression member required in girders and with a good deal of the stiffening required in metal arches.

There are three chains on each side, of one and two links alternately, and these support wrought iron stiffening girders.

About 1850 it was perceived that a bridge stiff enough to carry railway trains could be constructed by combining supporting chains with stiffening girders suspended from them.

Rankine proved (Applied Mechanics, p. 370) that the necessary strength of a stiffening girder would be only one-seventh part of that of an independent girder of the same span as the bridge, suited to carry the same moving load (not including the dead weight of the girder which is supported by the chain).

The two stiffening girders are plate girders 3 ft.

The stiffening girders of the main span are 40 ft.

The supporting structure is a cable suspension bridge with stiffening girders.

A car is suspended from the bridge, carried by a trolley running on the underside of the stiffening girders, the car being FIG.

With the triumph of High Church principles at the Restoration it was natural that a loyal clergy should desire to emphasize this squareness, and the consequent exaggeration of the square top of the cap necessitated a further stiffening.

It should fold naturally into a rectangular section tube as the cloth is more flexible between the columns of stiffening ribs.

The stiffening girder, constructed chiefly of timber, was a box-shaped braced girder 18 ft.

The Ordish bridge built at Prague in 1868 had oblique chains supporting the stiffening girders at intermediate points of the span.

Modeling considerations, stiffening ribs, extensive tables of relative effects for various arrangements.

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She would walk on to the set and you would find yourself stiffening slightly.

It is particularly important to stretch the hip joint to prevent stiffening in a bent position making you lean forward.

This does not mean keeping still in bed, because this can hasten the stiffening of the spine.

The second thing is a stiffening of the joints, which restricts the range of movement.

Some just consist of staring, perhaps accompanied by stiffening of the limbs and they may not cause the parents great concern.

There may sometimes be occasional jerks or stiffening of the body.

Heated dog beds help ease the ache of arthritis and lessen the stiffening that an aging dog experiences.

The Pillar procedure can treat mild to moderate sleep apnea by stiffening the tissue in the soft palate.

The seizure activity itself is generally characterized as clonic (consisting of rhythmic jerking movements of the arms and/or legs), or tonic-clonic (commencing with a stiffening of the body followed by a clonic phase).

If breath holding lasts ten seconds or more, the unconscious child may experience muscle twitching, one or two jerky movements, back arching, body stiffening, or a true seizure.

The spells last more than one minute, with continuous body stiffening and relaxing.

The child exhibits drooling, jerking, and stiffening of the body.

It is not a seizure unless the behavior includes eyes rolling back in the head, stiffening of the body, and drooling.

Fear symptoms in infants are primarily crying, stiffening, and sometimes shaking.

A Jacksonian seizure is a partial seizure characterized by tingling, stiffening, or jerking of an arm or leg.

These include dilating pupils, a low growl, stiffening of the body, twitching of the tail, and flattening the ears backward against the head.

Stretching following exercise also keeps you from stiffening up when you are done.

This in turn decreases your resting heart rate and blood pressure, which keeps the arteries from stiffening and thus decreasing the risk of getting clogged up later in life.

During the century which elapsed between the victory of Plassey and the outbreak at Meerut, the East India company relied mainly on native troops with a stiffening of British soldiers - especially artillery - for the successful conduct of its wars.

In all cases it is customary to fill on top of the arches with a strong Portland cement concrete to a uniform level, generally the top of the deepest beam; the floor filling is constructed and carried to this level immediately upon the completion of each tier of beams, for the purpose not only of stiffening the frame laterally, and of adding to its stability by the imposition of a static load, but also to afford constantly safe and strong working platforms at regular and convenient intervals for use throughout the entire period of the construction.