Sentence examples for relatively pliant from inspiring English sources
Trump has faced a plethora of scandals so far with relatively pliant Republican majorities in both chambers, but things will change with Democrats in control of the House.
Relatively pliant are a seated ninth- or 10th-century bronze goddess from Cham (southern Vietnam), who seems to have double-jointed arms, and a grasshopperlike dancing yogini from 11th- or 12th-century Cambodia.
There may be a time when societies can digest radical structural change, when they are young and pliant, relatively small, containable, and readily understandable; when men can watch the scenery shift without losing their sense of direction.
China is the world's workshop because it sits in a relatively stable region and offers manufacturers a reliable, pliant and capable industrial work force, groomed by generations of government-enforced discipline.
Laws were remarkably pliant.
They are altogether more pliant".
The pliant weight of flesh.
Ditto "plastic, pliable, pliant, ductile, malleable, adaptable".
Its pliant undulant shapes flow across cabinets.
He replaced them with more pliant ones.
Bruno Campanella conducts a stylish and pliant performance.
