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Meanings of pliant in английском
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Examples for "pliable"
Examples for "pliable"
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It is pliable as wax; you can mould it by your will.
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A coil of strong, pliable wire had been included in our material.
3
Cheesecloth is the softest, most pliable material, and the most easily managed.
4
While the tofu cooks, let them heat enough to become just pliable.
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MRI supported these findings and showed pliable xenograft cusps in all patients.
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Human telos, on the other hand, is far more plastic and malleable.
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Had it found others to love, others infinitely more malleable and useful?
3
Together, they supposedly offer both better-quality photos and much more malleable ones.
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Jenny or Jade-howcan she allow her identity to be so malleable?
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They are divided into two classes, the malleable and the brittle metals.
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Collagen type I provides the main tensile strength of the fetal membranes.
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These lines've got great tensile strength, but they're crap for heat resistance.
3
Hip-hop can be stretched in a way that exceeds its tensile strength.
4
When made into briquettes, the tensile breaking strain upon the square inch:
5
The skin specimens were analyzed in vertical and horizontal tensile strength tests.
1
Where is Kit, my kinsman; the ductile, the sagacious, the loyal Christopher?
2
He could feel strand after strand of wires, ductile and cloth-covered wires.
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She has laboriously wrought this ductile nervous tissue to her own ends.
4
The fire-boxes were also made of steel of very soft and ductile quality.
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The toughest and most knotty parts of language became ductile at his touch.
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The shy hairy men who herd the tractile flocks might be, except for some added clothing, the very brethren of David.
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True, many chronic diseases are obstinate, yet a course of restorative medication persistently followed, promises a fortunate issue in this tractile temperament.
3
The error in question is, that hard-surfaced wheels will not bite on a moderately rough surface, sufficiently to give an efficient tractile power.
Usage of pliant in английском
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At least one part of the economy is still pliant: China's currency.
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The simple natures and forces will always be the most pliant ones.
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She recoils from everything but the plastic, the pliant, and the indefinite.
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But he was overwhelmed by the girl and her young pliant warmth.
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To such a spirit the impossible is possible and opportunity is pliant.
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He felt his strong young muscles, his vital fingers, his pliant wrists.
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Kant belongs to a period when philosophy is still young and pliant.
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They could make them pliant, and excommunicate them for non-payment of interest.
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Janus got his line ready, a small but strong and pliant rope.
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But it did not make the bloc any more pliant in Congress.
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A clever, pliant, winning mind knows how to avoid and overcome difficulties.
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Her lips became pliant; her hands reached for my shoulders and nape.
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So sweet and good and pure-hearted and pliant a girl; but alas!
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The negro is pliant, unmoral, free from the restraints of white civilization.
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Had I been pliant, abject and a flatterer, I might have succeeded!
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Her lips plush and pliant, and her tongue pushing into his mouth.
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United Kingdom
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