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Recent Examples of bendable
And be sure your space is well-decorated with this pre-lit tree that has bendable branches for simple fluffing.
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Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
The bendable craft item can be shaped into bunny ears and attached to the top of a hood with hot glue or safety pins.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The contoured temples are bendable, allowing the wearer to dial in the perfect fit, and the nose pads were designed to be comfortable during high-output workouts.
—Will Porter, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
The comfy slip-ons have an arch-support footbed, but the shoe’s standout detail is its soft upper and lightweight, bendable design; these shoes are easy to pack and save on luggage space.
—Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
In Burnett’s younger years, her body was as gangly and bendable as a marionette.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
While organic thin-film transistors built on flexible plastic have been around long enough for people to start discussing a Moore’s Law for bendable ICs, memory devices for these flexible electronics have been a bit more elusive.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2024
The Yancy offers arch support and a gentle rebound, and are also machine-washable and easy to pack, thanks to their ultra-bendable design.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bendable
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News media industry leaders and other critics of the new policy said Hegseth’s real intent was to impede independent reporters while installing pliable pro-Trump content creators in place of the press corps.—
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The strange pliable substance, which NASA said is not unlike used gum or soft plastic, was likely formed when our solar system was in its infancy.—
Adjective
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Advertisement Rodríguez was not immediately pliant.—
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Its root system is aggressive, shallow, and rather pliant, which makes the tree very unstable.—
Adjective
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That means a head that weighs what a human head would weigh, moving on a neck that's about as bendy as a real neck.—
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That is an understandable consequence of that bad knee injury, but also of a general slowing down, the bendy-legged glory years fading into the haze of memory.—
Adjective
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These high-resolution images are a first step toward tailoring magnesium alloys to be both more ductile and more stable, bringing them closer to large-scale use in cars and other vehicles.—
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The 22-year-old Spanish singer-songwriter boasts an ethereal, ductile voice that sounds equally convincing singing solo with flamenco guitar accompaniment or over dance beats.—
Adjective
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Instead, the moss’s telltale sign of woe is its glum, grayish hue, a waxen appearance that comes from ferns and algae that have crept over it.—
Adjective
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Vinegar can be drying, so remember to condition leather to keep it supple.—
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Now the French house’s bestselling jewelry collection is kicking off its second decade with new supple designs — and Gracie Abrams as one of its faces.—
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Nat wore a slinky blue dress, which suited her willowy frame.—
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Behind him, were more stars: Adut Akech and the impossibly willowy Elizabeth Debicki.—
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But his boss was also adaptable enough to change his style to incorporate successful trends.—
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The sneakers are outfitted with the brand’s signature Fresh Foam insole that provides comfort and adaptable support.—
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“Bendable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendable. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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