pliant
Example Sentences
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His death—of natural causes—brought to an end a 36-year period in which a prone and pliant Spain submitted to his authoritarian rule.
Karyn Kusama was behind the camera, making minute, courteous corrections to the angles and expressions of the actors’ pliant faces over the course of two scenes.
From New York Times
After the dumplings are placed into bamboo baskets and steamed, the broth melts, forming a rich, fatty soup within a pliant, paper-thin wheat skin.
From New York Times
He will have a pliant legislature made up almost entirely of pro-China figures, so he won’t have to worry about any opposition holding up government bills with delaying tactics.
From Washington Post
It helps that the ruling party has the support of a largely pliant media.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
