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Meanings of sudden rigidity in English

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Usage of sudden rigidity in English
1
The young girl's arms fell by her side in a sudden rigidity.
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I
2
Eugene turned pale, and a sudden rigidity seized his features.
Beulah
3
Else, why the constrained attitude and sudden rigidity observable in this confronting figure, with its partially lifted hand?
Initials Only
4
The sound of my voice seemed to steady him into a sudden rigidity, but otherwise he took no notice.
Tales of Unrest
5
He searched in the breast of his coat, and did not see the sudden rigidity that fell on the girl.
Come Rack! Come Rope!
6
But as he turned a pleading look to her, he had been startled by the sudden rigidity of face and form.
Robert Elsmere
7
At last she smelt of the flower itself, and her sudden rigidity showed that she had perceived the great spider on it.
Atlantis
8
And then, as though the hand of Death had reached out and touched them all, the five men tensed into sudden rigidity.
Out of Time's Abyss
9
Either the guard captain heard Matsui's voice or sensed his presence, because he turned, his shock evident in the sudden rigidity of his posture.
Bundori
10
I was inclined to believe it a snake and to account in that way for Captain Ballantyne's fear and the sudden rigidity of his attitude.
Witness for the Defence
11
"No," she said, with sudden rigidity.
Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
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