The older man stiffened and smacked him on the side of the head.
The man stiffened and clapped a fist to his heart.
Yet the man stiffened as if he had been turned to stone.
The old man stiffened, never taking his attention from the Baron.
The old man stiffened at the sound of his voice and stopped playing, something he'd never done before.
The man stiffened at the scratching noise that came from the door.
Across the table from the woman who spoke, a man stiffened.
Suddenly both men stiffened at a noise outside the door.
A collective gasp went up, the men stiffened to attention.
The man and the boy stiffened as if with the same impulse of recoil.
