limber
Example Sentences
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“Salesman” is more limber in its dramaturgy, shifting locations and blurring chronologies.
From Los Angeles Times
Yu Ji’s cement sculptures take the shape of contorted human bodies—not uncomfortable but limberly twisted and folded—that are missing limbs; their contrasting materials and postures at once suggest permanence and evanescence.
With the hip replacements, he’s limber enough to climb into the large machinery needed to harvest crops, spray pesticides, plant seeds and move hay bales that weigh roughly 1,000 pounds each.
Jonathan did some leg stretches to keep limber and then glanced down the trail again.
From Literature
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Later in the show, she dazzled in a dance performance as a surprisingly limber 87-year-old grandpa who’s brought to life by Earth, Wind & Fire songs at his grandson’s wedding.
From Los Angeles Times
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