Definition: 1. To look at a lot of things in a shop/store rather than looking for one particular thing. 2. Not willing to change their ideas or behaviour. 3. Stiff and difficult to move or bend. 4. Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances. 5. Fixed and unmoving.
Use 'rigid' in a sentence:
1. Hospital routines for nurses are very rigid.
2. We just need a tent supported on a rigid framework.
3. She was a fairly rigid person who had strong religious views.
4. My father is very rigid in his thinking.
5. Andrew went rigid when he saw a dog, any dog, anywhere.
6. There were no job descriptions, rigid reporting systems, or detailed rules and regulations.
7. Rigid organization structures will make this tip a challenge, so getting executive support may help.
8. In American society, however, the class structure was less rigid; some people changed occupations easily and believed it was their duty to improve their social and economic position.
9. Earth's surface consists of rigid plates that are constantly shifting and jostling one another.
10. He was rigid and unbending.
11. His rigid adherence to old-fashioned ideas made him unpopular.
12. Traditionally, robots have been very hard, made of metal and other rigid material.
13. In To the Lighthouse, there are collisions and frictions between bigoted rigid male quality and benevolent innocent female quality, and the water-liked indulgent and tolerant characteristics of women give us a deep thinking.
14. In the times of the emperors, the formality within the Forbidden City was rigid beyond belief.
15. One cannot proceed on the basis of rigid absolutes, such as "divorce is always wrong".
16. Too rigid parental control fosters rebellion in children.
17. Don't make rigid restrictions; allow a certain latitude.
18. The fashion for teams is driven by a sense that the old way of organising people is too rigid for both the modern marketplace and the expectations of employees.
19. "Origami engineers" build a variety of objects by folding sheets of rigid material along set creases.
20. Don't be so rigid; loosen up!
21. The way in which they dress is dictated by very rigid fashion rules.
22. Rigid methods of education are no longer popular among students.
23. The fashion for teams is driven by a sense that the old way of organizing people is too rigid for both the modem marketplace and the expectations of employees.
24. I went rigid with shock.
25. Instead of the short steep skirts and rigid toeshoes worn by ballerinas, Duncan wore loose, flowing tunics, and she danced barefoot.
26. The policies are generally pretty rigid and the semester is almost over.
27. These plates are fairly rigid.
28. Paintings must have rigid stretchers so that the canvas will be taut, and the paint must not deteriorate, crack, or discolor.
29. There is a rigid hierarchy of power in that country.
30. The dual system is rigid and discriminatory.
31. He accomplished this by giving the stage a greater feeling of depth, which he did by cutting up some of the rigid background scenery and placing it at various angles and distances from the audience.
32. His rigid adherence to the rules made him unpopular.
33. For example, the lungs and the heart muscle expand less successfully, the blood vessels become increasingly rigid, and the ligaments and tendons tighten.
34. Wherever men appear they are crudely drawn and their bodies are elongated and rigid.
35. People who score on personality tests as more sympathetic cry more than those who are more rigid or have more self-control.
36. Mole stood a moment rigid, while his uplifted nose, quivering slightly, felt the air.
37. The prospect of failure scares me rigid.
38. In fact, it's keratin which makes them flexible and without it they would be very rigid.
39. The curriculum was too narrow and too rigid.
40. He had maintained a rigid diet, shedding some twenty pounds.
41. The authorities moved him to the less rigid regime of an open prison.
42. Like most other American companies with a rigid hierarchy, workers and managers had strictly defined duties.
43. Several colleges in our study have rigid rules about student conduct.
44. Its members are bound by a rigid code of ethics which includes confidentiality.
45. She sat upright, her body rigid with fear.
46. He was weaned on a diet of rigid discipline and duty.
47. He balanced his budgets by rigid control over public expenditure.
48. The company's competitors complain that they are hemmed in by rigid legal contracts.
