"stiff" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Nonetheless, a stiff headwind sprang up against us, making our course difficult as we must needs beat against it in broad tacks.
- He leaned forward as if he were walking into a stiff headwind.
- The flagstick was tucked behind a steep bunker and there was a stiff headwind.
- The low sky threatened rain, but he was more worried about the stiff headwind from the east.
- These days, that bridge faces stiff headwinds.
- Administration officials said they hoped that the Senate would pass the bill with 70 votes, to build momentum in the House, where the legislation faces stiff headwinds.
- Sprinters will be facing a stiff headwind at Olympic Stadium, which could preclude any world records in track and field.
- O'Connor, a senior from Ghana, won the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes into stiff headwinds and ran a leg on the Patriots' third-place 400-meter relay team.
- Although we occasionally verged on panic - particularly in choppy water and stiff headwinds - no one tipped a boat.
- The flight in fact takes only 29 minutes 30 seconds despite a stiff headwind on the return leg.
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