like putty

But after so many years in the business, Griffin understands how to maneuver her audience and keep them molded in her hands like putty.

Get it wrong and the fuel can be squashed flat, bulge out unpredictably like putty squeezed in a child’s hand, or mix with material from the diamond shell.

One second stretched like putty into hours, and Seven was shaking with fear and anticipation.

Ed Davey, acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: “It is totally unacceptable that the government seems to have given the green light to the development of new nuclear weapon technologies with zero consultation and zero scrutiny. Britain under Johnson increasingly looks like putty in Trump’s hands. That Britain’s major defence decisions are being debated in the United States, but not in the UK, is a scandal. Under Johnson, it seems that where Trump leads, we must follow.”

At the Bowl, the chorus was like putty in Fischer’s dramatic hands.