But, in a compound being like man, it seems next to impossible that the nature within should not at times, in some degree, transpire through the most rigid texture of the outward form.
I laughed again at the conceit; but, as I drew a little nearer, there appeared a majestic altitude in his figure very unlike what I had seen in my dream, and my laugh began to stiffen into a kind of rigid grin.
That is what you will come to unless you live in the habitual exercise of rigid self-control.
I need not do more than remind you how, in the very make of a man's soul, it is clear that unless there be exercised rigid self-control he will go all to pieces.
To look at our work with an impartial and rigid judgment.
The more clearly we keep our best and deepest self before our consciousness, the more shall we learn a rigid judgment of the miserable contradictions to it in our daily outward life, and even in our thoughts and desires.
To begin with, that advice implies that we can, and, therefore, that we should, exercise a very rigid control over that part of our lives which a great many of us never think of controlling at all.
Be sober,' says Paul, then, and cultivate the habit of rigid self-control in regard to this present.
In his rigid hands the supple twigs waver, and finally the wand bends downward.
The rough, rigid branches which spring from the short trunks of these trees carry a burden of blackening cones which give them a very untidy look when the trees are small.
The jeweller was now restored to his occupation, although still subjected to a rigid surveillance, and I instituted inquiries into the recent movements of the young man Ulster.
But the word trooper must not conjure up a vision of belted horsemen, rigid in uniform, with clanking sabres, and helmets of brass.
Listen," said Will, with a rigid earnestness on his face as he bent forward in the chair.
The result of this combination upon a lattice foundation of rigid materials is well shown in the large basket presented in Fig.
But in America feelings vehement and absorbing like hers become still more deep, morbid, and impassioned by the constant habits of self-government which the rigid forms of our society demand.
Therefore, to descend from theory to practice, I see no alternative but to draw a rigid line between civil and religious marriages.
He came out of the crouch facing a black-clad Planeteer sergeant who snapped to rigid attention.
To become a Planeteer, a recruit had to pass rigid intelligence, physical, aptitude, and psychological tests.
In him, sir, I admire the sound philosopher, the rigid moralist, the upright statesman, the candid historian.
Considered that old age in great measure disqualified him by its rigid fixity of habits from judging of the works of young poets--I must say that he was here even over liberal in self-depreciation.
Babe's a servant," he whispered to Abner, who had sat rigid through the entire performance.
Physically there was nothing the matter with him; he could have passed his rigid insurance scrutiny as easily as he had done months before, when his life and health had been insured for a sum that made good copy for his press-agent.
And his innocent vanity would swell out into such monstrous proportions, would bud and blossom into such foolish phrases, that his hearer would wonder if he had suddenly strayed into the rigidworld of the third-rate comic novel.
I should be sorry if my conscience, insisting on a rigid attention to the matter in hand, forced me to dismiss him in a couple of lines.
At that time there was no rigid sequestration on the islands, and lepers, if they chose, were allowed to go free.
The sudden anguish that he felt sent beads of sweat to his forehead and drew his flexible lips into rigid lines.
The snow that covered the earth was scarcely whiter than her rigid face.
So despicable a being is really not worth a thought," said Kate, with increasing anxiety; for she had never in her life before witnessed her brother the subject of such powerful emotions as then made rigid his slender frame.
The more rigid and complete the Servile State becomes, the more thorough will be its ultimate failure.
But when once we part from the idea of such a rigid and eternal marriage bond--and the law of every civilised country and the general thought and sentiment everywhere have long since done so--then the whole question changes.
The once proud trees lay like brave soldiers; their limbs rigid in the contorted attitudes of death.
The spires of the pine trees stood rigid as if cast in bronze!
For a few moments the picture was at its best, actors and spectator looking as rigid as if carved in wood or stone.
James Mill's stern and rigid character had evidently produced some irritation at intervals; and to him it would naturally appear that Bowring was the object of a senile favouritism.
His opinions were not of the kind which can be bound to any rigid formulæ.
When a wreck is attended with loss of life, a rigid examination follows to see if any of the men have been guilty of misconduct or neglect of duty.
If, then, the simplest forms of the present and the past were not governed by accurate and unchanging laws of life, how did the rigid certainties that manifestly and admittedly govern the more complex and the most complex come into play?
Many times housings are quite rigid enough in the direction of the travel of the table, but weak against side pressure.
Run straight downhill in the stemming position with the weight equally on both skis and the feet as wide apart as possible, taking care that the legs are quite straight at the knee, and rigid (Fig.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rigid" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
