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Meanings of as pliant in English

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Usage of as pliant in English
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The creature's fingers were the size of bananas, but nowhere near as pliant.
Artemis Fowl
2
Her body curved into his, as pliant as her will.
Iron lace
3
Tonio was as pliant in his arms as Domenico had ever been in his own.
Cry to heaven
4
Peter was now as pliant as wax.
The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present T...
5
Furs usually tended to be stiffer, yet the ones on the bed were as pliant as the skins.
The Valley of Horses
6
It was as pliant as a buggy-whip, and once trimmed and rigged it was far from being a poor tackle.
The Young Forester
7
His name is Wolf Hartschwert, and he is as gentle as a lamb and as pliant as a young willow.
Barbara Blomberg — Volume 03
8
Now that self-interest gives you an impulse, are your principles become as pliant as mine; which you so seriously reproved?'
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
9
The Bloody Diet, as it has since been called, was opened, and Ferdinand found all as pliant as he could wish.
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
10
She was wonderfully pliant to his will, as pliant in reality as he seemed to be to the will of his wife.
The Mayor of Warwick
11
The church will become as pliant to the Divine Tenant as the resurrection body of our Lord to the impulse of his divine nature.
The Ministry of the Spirit
12
Also some crocutas and some eali as big as sea-horses, with elephants' tails, boars' jaws and tusks, and horns as pliant as an ass's ears.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
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