acrobatic

adjective

Definition of acrobaticnext
as in graceful

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Recent Examples of acrobatic Moorby opened the scoring in the second half and tries followed to Devan Flanders, Jordie Barrett and Love, who scored an acrobatic second. — ABC News, 20 June 2026 That England avoided what would have been an embarrassing last-sixteen exit to Slovakia was thanks mostly to the individual brilliance of Jude Bellingham, its attacking prodigy, who scissored in an acrobatic finish at the death. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 June 2026 Built like torpedoes, steelhead are tremendously powerful and acrobatic fighters. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026 In these later seventeenth-century birth figures, which depict the interventions of hands and arms and rods and string, wombs are no longer playrooms for acrobatic toddlers. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for acrobatic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acrobatic
  1. graceful
  2. limber
  3. agile
  4. feline
  5. pliant
  6. supple
  7. flexible
  8. nimble
Adjective
  • In graceful, gimlet-eyed prose, Edwidge Danticat stares down preconceptions of family and belonging, lending her novel propulsion and promise.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
  • The suite comprised a graceful foyer, a large, curved living and dining area, walk-in wardrobe and changing room, and a separate bedroom and bathroom.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026
Definition of graceful
Adjective
  • Two ultra-limber actors — Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers — in garish body makeup (and dance shoes) merge limbs and psyches for an electric demonstration of poetry in motion.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
  • For thousands of years, people have turned to yoga to feel more limber, release stress and rejuvenate their overall physical and mental health.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 21 June 2022
Definition of limber
Adjective
  • The discipline lies in thinking several moves ahead while remaining agile in the moment.
    — Alice Ferreira, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Smaller, cheaper and more agile technologies are proving capable of outpacing far more complex, capital-intensive systems built for a previous era.
    — Kathleen “Katie” McGinty, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Definition of agile
Adjective
  • Pennick, a resident of Joliet, took the feline home and renamed her Fantasia Silver Bells.
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • There’s plenty of feline choreography, like crawling, meowing, and hissing.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
Definition of feline
Adjective
  • In many ways, Trump is at the height of his power, surrounded by pliant leaders and able to count on a cohesive group of followers.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
  • The unions want their pliant board majority in place through 2032.
    — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
Definition of pliant
Adjective
  • But the drama, which had its world premiere off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club’s NY City Center Stage II, is extremely supple in its construction.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • The asymmetrical silhouette is also fresh and modern, and Quince's supple Italian nappa leather looks far more expensive than its price.
    — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of supple
Adjective
  • Existing furniture and materials are reused in line with the brand’s B Corp certification, while new elements have been designed for flexible use across different collections and layouts.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 13 July 2026
  • Made entirely from flexible, compliant materials, the system eliminates the need for conventional electronic sensors and control circuits, reducing complexity and potential failure points.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Definition of flexible
Adjective
  • Cinematographer David Bauer’s nimble-footed lensing and use of natural light does indeed hark back considerably to the look of those Dogme 95 movies back in the day, as does the naturalistic editing style deployed by Louis Emil Ramm Seeberg.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • Perhaps Russia will adapt to Ukraine’s nimble deployment of rapidly advancing drone technology.
    — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 30 June 2026
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