Sentence examples for Be pliable from inspiring English sources

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Be pliable

adjective

Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded

  • You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays fairly moist.

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When tomatoes are just about done, add penne to water and cook until al dente (it should be pliable, but still firm in center).

"Harry thought that I would be pliable, that I was a woman from a political background and would never ask questions," she said.

Drawing on the work of the historian Benjamin Quarles, many believed that four of the five delegates were uneducated former slaves, hand-picked by Lincoln and his colonization commissioner, James Mitchell, to be pliable and subservient.

Hunters belonging to traditional nomadic clans from the country's Khazakh minority climb up to these crevices to capture the birds at around four years old, which is old enough to know how to hunt but young enough to be pliable to human company and training.

Mrs Gandhi's Italian-born daughter-in-law, Sonia Gandhi, who now runs Congress, would not trust the strong-willed Mr Mukherjee to be pliable enough as her nominated prime minister in 2004.Mr Chidambaram, though a few years younger than his rival, is not so different.

The branches should be pliable, too, not brittle.

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But it's pliable.

As Mexico shows, democracy is pliable.

The night was deep, and time was pliable.

He seems to think that facts are pliable.

Flip chilies, and continue cooking until all sides are pliable.

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