Collocations for stiff - adj.

be, feel, lie, look, sit, stand
She lay stiff and still beside him.

become, get, go
My fingers had gone stiff with cold.

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
a little, slightly, etc.
all

with
The clothes were stiff with dust and grease.

(as) stiff as a board
The captain stood as stiff as a board.

be, feel
He felt stiff all over.

get
You'll get stiff if you don't have a hot bath.

leave sb, make sb
All that digging made me really stiff.

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
a little, slightly, etc.
all
My arm's gone all stiff.

from
I was stiff from kneeling.

be, seem
Their punishment seemed rather stiff.

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
in the face of some very stiff competition

a little, slightly, etc.

be, look, seem, sound
She was aware that her words sounded stiff.

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal.

a little, slightly, etc.

Stiff is used with these nouns:
back, bow, brandy, breeze, broom, brush, cardboard, challenge, collar, competition, drink, fine, formality, gin, joint, knee, leg, limb, muscle, neck, opposition, paste, penalty, posture, resistance, sentence, task, test, whisky, wind, wire