chiefly British

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Recent Examples of bendy So there shouldn’t be too big of a discount for a 26-year-old, bendy edge player who had eight sacks and 17 QB hits in 2023 before missing all of 2024 with a non-contact knee injury. Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025 These polymers then juiced with other chemicals that give them different properties, to mold them into plastics that are bendy, plastics that are hard, plastics that are resistant to heat and other things. Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025 Their comfortable, bendy ear hooks all but guarantee a secure fit during workouts, even if your workouts involve handstands. Will Palmer, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024 In this case, the bendy space-time fabric that surrounds us would be illusory, and the quantum particles on the boundary would be the real stuff of existence. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bendy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bendy
Adjective
  • Dynamic governance models are flexible and responsive, with mechanisms for regular updates, feedback loops and continuous improvement.
    John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Want a new career that’s higher-paying, more flexible or fulfilling?
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And a third category were boxes outfitted with plastic plants, perhaps signaling absentee owners or landlords who seek to simulate care.
    Sonja Dümpelmann, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The wireless charging pad for mobile devices is now capable of 15 W, and the much-disliked capacitive multifunction steering wheel has been replaced by a wheel with plastic buttons.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In spite of all the blood on his hands, there was an innate magnetism to the character, with his floppy hair and shy smiles.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • This is made worse by his needy eyes and floppy curly hair.
    Jeffrey Seller, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Bendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendy. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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