as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
the kids love to use bendy straws
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Recent Examples of bendy
Made from knitting yarn and food-grade wax, these colorful, bendy sticks give kids the freedom to build and create (without making a mess).
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Laura Lu, Parents, 30 June 2025
Yarbrough has tinkered with his pitch mix to favor the slower, bendier stuff, and it’s been working.
—Owen Poindexter, New York Times, 20 June 2025
This project is one of the many ways that physicists have sought to understand gravity, and perhaps the bendy space-time continuum itself, as emergent from deeper, more microscopic physics.
—George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2025
The boar bristles are bendy to move with hair but still stiff enough to detangle knots.
—Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 12 June 2025
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Laura Lu, Parents, 30 June 2025
Yarbrough has tinkered with his pitch mix to favor the slower, bendier stuff, and it’s been working.
—Owen Poindexter, New York Times, 20 June 2025
This project is one of the many ways that physicists have sought to understand gravity, and perhaps the bendy space-time continuum itself, as emergent from deeper, more microscopic physics.
—George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2025
The boar bristles are bendy to move with hair but still stiff enough to detangle knots.
—Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bendy
Adjective
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The refrigerated deliveries are flexible based on your schedule and feature eco-friendly packaging.—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Crops are left unharvested in response to market conditions, but they could be marketed with connections to more flexible buyers.—
Ivanka Trump,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Fish 10 to 20 feet deep with plastic worms or jig and pigs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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Charges previously alleged that the woman had placed the newborn in a plastic bag before throwing it out of the bathroom window onto concrete, the outlet reported.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The 9-inch monochrome CRT was retained, but the floppy drive no longer had a door, and the keyboard was extended with several special keys.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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So pack that sunscreen, toss a floppy hat into your weekend bag, and get ready to sip fruity drinks with tiny umbrellas.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Bendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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