suppleness

Example Sentences

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After I praised the suppleness of her voice, LuPone exclaimed, “She has stagecraft!”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

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

Anyone who loves an athlete sees in O’Connor’s work a kind of intellectual athleticism, a suppleness.

From Washington Post • May 13, 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