suppleness

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Their suppleness is so inviting,” said the composer Mark Grey, who captured their sounds with a mobile studio in 2002 to build simulacrums for the Kronos Quartet.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Under the composer’s fingers, the opening chord progression grows with a natural and elegant suppleness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

But only the last comes close to matching the suppleness and pizazz of her prose.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022

The metaphor comes from horse riding and the practice of soaking riding whips in urine to preserve their suppleness.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2022

He reveled in the strength of his legs and the stretch of his back; in the suppleness that let him turn at full speed on a single paw.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver