Sentence examples for pliable in from inspiring English sources

Morales is again excellent, as majestically unbending here as he was pliable in Wink.

Mr. Toussaint, a union chairman, is fielding an extensive slate of candidates and has said he considers Mr. James too autocratic and too pliable in negotiations with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

But Western scholars interviewed by telephone as Mr. Kharrazi began his visit cautioned against seeing the new Iraqi leaders as necessarily pliable in their relations with Iran and against any assumption that Iranian and American interests in Iraq are strongly opposed, at least as long as the Sunni insurgency here continues.

Those who assume Russian domestic and foreign policy will become more pliable in response to the financial crisis are seriously misguided.

"We can envision this response being attractive for developing artificial cartilage that can respond to the forces being applied to it but remains pliable in areas that are not being stressed," Carey said.

The filaments exhibit random orientations and are often wavy, which has been interpreted as evidence that they were soft and pliable in life.

The British alt-rock scene is running fruitlessly up against the impenetrable force field of a sleek, inclusive and self-serving industry machine, refined over decades, that only sucks in a select few pliable types in tune with its needs and processes.

In many ways, Jaguar is one of the least pliable names in the car business.

Their rapport was sturdy and pliable, rooted in deep familiarity.

He was pliable then in a way that he had never been before and would never be again.

Politicians of all parties have been given notice that they cannot count on the police being as pliable as in the past.