Pliant can be categorized as an adjective.
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| pliant - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" | ||
| pliant - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" | ||
| pliant - capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" | ||
| pliant - capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" |
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| 1. | adj. | A pliant young tree. | |
| 2. | adj. | Pliant molten glass. | |
| 3. | adj. | A pliant nature. | |
| 4. | adj. | The fact that they're pliant does not mean they agree with you. | |
| 5. | adj. | They hoped that a few more days of solitary confinement would make the prisoner more pliant. | |
| 6. | adj. | We need fewer pliant journalists, not more. | |
| 7. | adj. | Her ethics are pliant. |
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| A pliant young tree. |
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| Pliant molten glass. |
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| A pliant nature. |
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| The fact that they're pliant does not mean they agree with you. | |
| They hoped that a few more days of solitary confinement would make the prisoner more pliant. | |
| We need fewer pliant journalists, not more. | |
| Her ethics are pliant. | |