pliancy

Example Sentences

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That pliancy is part of what makes the term fun to use, and also why applying it to anyone so freely is a futile exercise.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

“Pero No Te Enamores” is Fuerza Regida’s most ambitious project to date, one that puts the pliancy of musica Méxicana to the test.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

Robert Plant’s feckless pliancy throughout is hard to square with the exploratory nature of his later work.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2021

Over the years, he has honed an instinct for self-preservation through pliancy, deflection, and bemused forbearance.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2018

It was a downright pleasure to make sacrifices for people so ready to accommodate themselves to circumstances, and who seemed to possess a physical pliancy not inferior to the mental one.

From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James