supple
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The finished egg salad should feel structured but supple.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
The Grateful Dead’s commitment to loose improvisation, to stretching songs out until they became gummy and supple, helped set it apart from more traditional rock groups.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
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
Showy but intimate, talky yet supple, it’s murmuring assurances to rebut the very doubts he’s raising.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025
Her hands would be hummingbirds of hard black sounds, her feet supple against the floorboards of the night.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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