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pliable

[plahy-uh-buhl] / ˈplaɪ ə bəl /


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Pliable muscles, which are not the same as flexible muscles, are “soft” and not “dense,” he and Mr. Brady assert.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2017

Pliable rubber making contact with asphalt doesn't seem as if it would produce a lot of noise but in fact it does, and in a lot of ways.

From Time Magazine Archive

You know, in the book, Pliable and Christian are traveling together; they fall in the Slough of Despond; Pliable struggles and gets out.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.

"And what companions shall we have there?" asked Pliable.

From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

And away at his wit's end he hasteneth, waning and shivering, to a great bog or quagmire—that my friend Pliable will answer to—and plungeth in.

From Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance by De la Mare, Walter




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