adaptable

Example Sentences

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Yet from that point on, he proved to be remarkably adaptable, maintaining his livelihood as a painter through religious and political turmoil aplenty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The brand works with people with disabilities to create adaptable jeans, stoma bags, and other pieces of clothing.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

According to the researchers, this separation of roles helps explain why human memory is so adaptable.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

While historians often portray Cromwell as “a hypocrite or a double-dealer,” here he’s a dexterous politician, a pragmatic and adaptable leader who “could ride two horses at once, while advancing three agendas.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

I’m being adaptable, I mouth at him, faking confidence.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller