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

But theater artists, filmmakers and novelists, drawn to the interior richness of Chekhov’s dramas, have discovered not only the timeliness of his untimely work but also its aesthetic pliancy and openness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2021

Joe Rong, a native of Taishan in Guangdong Province, China, grinds rice daily in electric stone mills to achieve noodles of remarkable pliancy and earthiness.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2019

Life is too short to have the dearest of its enjoyments curtailed; the social feelings grow callous by disuse, and lose that pliancy of affection which sweetens the cup of life as we drink it.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail