supple

Example Sentences

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His language is supple and his portraits of characters invariably delightful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

That makes me feel comfortable when it’s technical and not actually getting lost in this thing of like, “I need complete silence. My body needs to be supple and ready.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Last week, one of Italy's top luxury brands, Prada, invited journalists to its Scandicci factory outside Florence, showing the step-by-step transformation of supple leather into luxury handbags.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Years later, though, I tried lightly-grilled tofu that was soft and supple, with a lingering flavor.

From Salon • May 21, 2025

But he scarcely heard Hermione: He had pulled out his Invisibility Cloak and was running it through his fingers, the cloth supple as water, light as air.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling