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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
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
Adjective
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Once the sticker is warmed up and more pliable, use a plastic paint scraper or credit card to lift the underside and slowly peel it away.—
Kate Van Pelt,
The Spruce,
15 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, pliable polymers create a flexible, all-day hold without silicones.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Advertisement Rodríguez was not immediately pliant.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
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Its root system is aggressive, shallow, and rather pliant, which makes the tree very unstable.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
30 Dec. 2025
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.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
16 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
14 Dec. 2025
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.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Aug. 2025
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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.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
18 July 2025
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.—
Sabrina Imbler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Dec. 2020
Adjective
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Vinegar can be drying, so remember to condition leather to keep it supple.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
7 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Nat wore a slinky blue dress, which suited her willowy frame.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Behind him, were more stars: Adut Akech and the impossibly willowy Elizabeth Debicki.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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His invincible Bundesliga-winning Bayer Leverkusen side were a highly adaptable, high-pressure unit who used the ball well.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Many bathrooms have adaptable features, including shower seating.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bendable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendable. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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