Adjective : She manipulated the pliant clay. ,He has a pliant nature. From Dictionary.com.
Had she lacked patience, pliancy and dissimulation?. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Mirth] Reference
Let it give your bridges the curves of hips and the pliancy of vines. From Wordnik.com. [Leopold Sedar Senghor] Reference
My figure also lacks pliancy; there is a stiffness about the side lines. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Two Brides] Reference
That pliancy of temper, which is wont to make itself known by the waiving. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827] Reference
Their muscular force is not great; but the pliancy of their limbs renders them very active. From Wordnik.com. [The Settlement at Port Jackson] Reference
One would have been pleased to have a little more stiffness, a little less pliancy of phrase. From Wordnik.com. [Voltaire] Reference
It is only just to admit that under this treatment they display the utmost goodwill and pliancy. From Wordnik.com. [Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.] Reference
Knowing the pliancy of Dublin juries in political cases, the offer was, doubtless, a tempting one. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches from the Dock, Part I] Reference
Reckless and hysterical comment does harm to investors confidence and the pliancy of capital markets. From Wordnik.com. [Speech by the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises, Fatima Chohan, during the Joint Sitting Debate on National Electricity Challenges facing South Africa] Reference
But after work, chatting with Boaz before they go their separate ways, the limits of her pliancy emerge. From Wordnik.com. [Fringe People] Reference
The organs of the voice require vigour and pliancy of muscle, to perform their office with energy and effect. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference
The richness and pliancy of the chorus and orchestra was a central element in the performance in both operas. From Wordnik.com. [Long Night's Journey] Reference
McGregor brings a sweetness and pliancy to the role that can't mask Phillip's determination to stay out of jail. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: I Love You Phillip Morris] Reference
However, despite Starfleet judgment of the pliancy of the lieutenant, she put up a valiant struggle to retain her identity. From Wordnik.com. [The Lights Of Zetar] Reference
The Social feelings grow Callous by disuse and lose that pliancy of affection which Sweetens the cup of Life as we drink it. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 13 - 25 November 1782] Reference
All animals possess a certain flexibility or pliancy of organization, which renders them capable of change to a greater or less extent. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
Despite his very palpable reaction to her nearness, the whole unyielding length of him was a rejection of her soft surrendering pliancy. From Wordnik.com. [River Of Desire]
But this pliancy of the spider's instinct is no more remarkable than the contingent operation of the instincts of many species of animals. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860] Reference
The qualities of intellectual swiftness, vigor, pliancy, whose absence they had once noted in her, became, on the contrary, conspicuously hers. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
Such ruminative, nostalgic music voices a lament for the Slavonic folk music of a fading past and therefore calls for more resonance and pliancy. From Wordnik.com. [In performance: KenCen Chamber Players] Reference
Women who have been taught that modesty and pliancy are among the prized virtues of our gender are marvelously equipped for the learning process. From Wordnik.com. [Keynote Address To Beijing Womens Conference] Reference
Women who have been taught that modesty and pliancy are among the prized virtues of our gender are marvellously equipped for the learning process. From Wordnik.com. [Opening Keynote Address] Reference
It has proved the perfect pliancy of Gothic architecture to modern needs, and shown its power of entire adaptation to the requirements of new conditions. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859] Reference
The marine-glue gives the bitumen greater pliancy, and prevents it from scaling off when rubbed, particularly when the plate is retouched with a dry point. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881] Reference
All organic beings, whether plants or animals, possess a certain flexibility or pliancy of organization, rendering them capable of change to a greater or less extent. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals] Reference
We must be alive to the perceptions we create when we make reckless statements and hysterical comment does harm to investors confidence and the pliancy of capital markets. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
"Of course you cannot tell till you try," she said, demurely, looking straight before her, no smile on the corners of her lips, that somehow maddened by their look of pliancy. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
Joseph accepted the information with his usual pliancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
As people age, the flesh's pliancy is reduced, resulting in wrinkles and sags. From Wordnik.com. [eHow - Health How To's] Reference
The garments represent a thick woolen stuff, whose folds show very little pliancy. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Greek Art] Reference
But no! With amazing pliancy she suggested that she should bring one of her own servants to 'tide. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
But he protested that he had himself, only erred through an excessive pliancy to the will of others. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Insolence had taken the place of pliancy, and the former slave now applied the chain and whip to his master. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
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