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Meanings of as supple in anglès

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Usage of as supple in anglès
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His limbs were once more as supple as they had ever been.
Darkness
2
His body, like his mind, was not as supple as theirs.
The Extra Day
3
He was lithe and straight as a poplar, and as supple in his movements.
Bull Hunter
4
The soldier-ifnecessary, the fighter-isthere as supple and strong as a Damascus blade.
Vanishing Roads and Other Essays
5
Those Italians are as supple as the silk they weave.
Catherine De Medici
6
The mail hung lightly and felt as supple as one of Nari's knitted sweaters.
Hidden Warrior
7
After three such visits at night he made me as supple as a glove.
The Village Rector
8
His body proved as supple as a professional contortionist.
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair / ...
9
He was a black-haired, picturesque fellow, as supple as a panther, reckless and yet wary.
Mavericks
10
These shoes have more rubber than Planned Parenthood but are as supple and sensitive as any.
Rock and Ice Magazine
11
Its sheen and satin-smooth surface suggested metal, but its stuff was as supple as fine silk.
The Time Traders
12
But Miles played trumpet with a lyrical, vocal quality, and Luther's voice was as supple as a trumpet.
Ebony
13
He is as supple as an eel; he will go a long way, of that I am sure.
Father Goriot
14
It was close-woven of many rings, as supple almost as linen, cold as ice, and harder than steel.
The lord of the rings
15
The slender, withy boys, as supple and weak as cats, had apparently the nine lives of those animals.
Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
16
Anthony is 5'8, chalk thin, and as supple as an eel.
The new yorker
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