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rolling with the punches

ADJECTIVE

pliable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

docile flexible limber malleable manageable pliant spongy supple

WEAK

compliant ductile easily led easy impressionable lithe manipulable moldable obedient plastic putty receptive responsive submissive susceptible tractable yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hard inflexible obstinate rigid stiff stubborn unyielding

WEAK

unadaptable unbendable unpliable unpliant

ADJECTIVE

unemotional

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deadpan dispassionate emotionless impassive laid-back reticent

WEAK

along for the ride apathetic blah callous chill cold coldhearted cool flat frigid glacial going with the flow hard-boiled hard-hearted heartless indifferent insensitive listless marble obdurate passionless phlegmatic quiet reserved thick-skinned uncompassionate undemonstrative unexcitable unfeeling unimpressionable unresponsive unsympathetic

Antonyms

STRONGEST

emotional feeling passionate

WEAK

caring excitable responsive

Example Sentences

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Bobo has said at every turn that he understands the vagaries of NFL life and is just rolling with the punches.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

"We've learned over a period of time to get better at rolling with the punches," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2023

The key to Atlanta’s season, as the players say, is rolling with the punches.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021

“Nobody’s done this before. We’re rolling with the punches every single day.”

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2020

He’d always been a mild kind of kid, rolling with the punches, loose and carefree, running around the track while the other kids sat uptight during practice sessions.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

rolling with the punches

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