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Meanings of as rigid in English

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Usage of as rigid in English
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A caste grew up as rigid and exclusive as that of India.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
2
I here felt the limbs and found them as rigid as ever.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
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Instantly the hand was as rigid as the rest of Weaver's body.
The Worshippers
4
Her face was as pale as marble, and looked almost as rigid.
Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest
5
Sabine sat up very straight, her spine as rigid as a pike.
Heaven and the heather
6
There was nothing quite as rigid as the etiquette of the taxi driver.
The coldest blood
7
Simmy felt the big right arm swell and become as rigid as steel.
From the Housetops
8
For an instant Syme stood as rigid as the stick he leant upon.
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
9
Bohemias have dress codes as rigid as those of merchant banks.
Wired
10
The code of honor there is as delicate, yet as rigid, as elsewhere.
Cord and Creese
11
The talking ceased instantly, and all stood as rigid as statues.
Army Boys in the French Trenches; Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with...
12
Mattie clutched the armrest, her body as rigid as a goalpost.
Snow melts in spring
13
He felt his arm go as rigid as an iron rod.
Swan Song
14
Good Queen Victoria is as rigid about divorce as we are.
Sleeping Fires: a Novel
15
Albeury's arm, extended with the cocked revolver, was as rigid as a rock.
The Four Faces: A Mystery
16
The light filters through the thick trees; its rifts are as rigid as candles.
Promenades of an Impressionist
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