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Meanings of pliant in English
Synonyms
Examples for "waxy"
Examples for "waxy"
1
In the 'picnic table control', you will find a waxy orange substance.
2
The waxy tones were in all the visible parts of her flesh.
3
Luckily, the sides are still a bit waxy from the previous day.
4
Water ran in rivulets down waxy leaves-droppedfrom the fruit like rain.
5
The flowers are small, pure white, waxy, and twisted in the petals.
1
Technology giant Samsung is said to be developing a new bendable smartphone.
2
Eventually, these could be used to build bendable mobile phones or other electronics.
3
He overheard Mr. Stern talking about your experiments with bendable glass.
4
My calves were still tight, but my legs were becoming bendable after all.
5
Would it have bendable j'ints, now, same as you and me?
Usage of pliant in English
1
At least one part of the economy is still pliant: China's currency.
2
The simple natures and forces will always be the most pliant ones.
3
She recoils from everything but the plastic, the pliant, and the indefinite.
4
But he was overwhelmed by the girl and her young pliant warmth.
5
To such a spirit the impossible is possible and opportunity is pliant.
6
He felt his strong young muscles, his vital fingers, his pliant wrists.
7
Kant belongs to a period when philosophy is still young and pliant.
8
They could make them pliant, and excommunicate them for non-payment of interest.
9
Janus got his line ready, a small but strong and pliant rope.
10
But it did not make the bloc any more pliant in Congress.
11
A clever, pliant, winning mind knows how to avoid and overcome difficulties.
12
Her lips became pliant; her hands reached for my shoulders and nape.
13
So sweet and good and pure-hearted and pliant a girl; but alas!
14
The negro is pliant, unmoral, free from the restraints of white civilization.
15
Had I been pliant, abject and a flatterer, I might have succeeded!
16
Her lips plush and pliant, and her tongue pushing into his mouth.
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Pliant through the time
Pliant across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common