How to Use rigid in a Sentence

rigid

adjective
  • The patient's legs were rigid.
  • He is a rigid disciplinarian.
  • Gummer plays her as dour, stiff and rigid.
    — Lisa Depaulo, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Ana rinsed off the sponge, her shoulders rigid.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • Your hair may feel rigid, wiry, or fibrous.
    — Maggie Donahue, Health, 27 Sep. 2025
  • And the best part is, these numbers aren’t rigid.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The world’s opinion and rigid rules may go against the grain.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Sangare held his right hand in a rigid salute, his face sober.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Bunky was flat and compact and, very soon, as rigid as a cell phone.
    — Anne Fadiman, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Feb. 2023
  • Leather tends to be rigid and stiff at first, but will mold to your body shape with use.
    — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The upper airway is not a rigid tube.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • This turns resilience into a rigid form of grit.
    — Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Pines have woody cone scales and feel rigid and unbreakable.
    — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Come ready to shed any rigid assumptions and play.
    — Lilliam Rivera, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Graphite rods are rigid with super fast action and great tip feel.
    — Rob McDonald, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Yet these same trunks are rigid and subject to breakage in a storm.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
  • The rigid formations of old are gone.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 May 2026
  • First, rigid job frameworks that cannot keep up with real work.
    — CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • After all, why force-fit a process into a rigid mold?
    — Shiv Kaushik, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But in love, those summaries can become rigid scripts.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But that doesn’t mean workouts have to feel rigid—or boring.
    — Ciara Lucas, SELF, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The more rigid the system, the longer the downtime.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
  • These silhouettes didn’t read as rigid or old-world.
    — Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
  • At first glance, the franchisee framework may seem rigid.
    — Angelo Chavez, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Often wider belts are more rigid, but that's not always the case.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The bio-andy was flung off its feet, the light armor turning rigid.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • Because one thing is clear, these rigid necklaces and bracelets are so back.
    — María Morillas, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The aim is not to control outputs in a rigid sense, but to guide them.
    — Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Henley's body was rigid, and her lips thinned into a small tense line.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • This case feels durable, with a rigid bumper around the edges, and the buttons are easy to press.
    — Gear Team, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2022

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