Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flexile
Adjective
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This new iteration has a stretchy, ultra-comfortable boxer liner, an elastic waistband, and side pockets.—
Rebecca Deurlein,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025 -
The shorts have an elastic waistband that ties at the waist with a drawstring, and the button-down top offers breathable coverage.—
Danielle Calma,
Travel + Leisure,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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Sasha and Malia Obama have grown to be responsible, resilient, independent adults, and it’s become incredibly clear that Michelle Obama was up to the task of motherhood under a microscope—and many other initiatives in service of children.—
Celeste Little,
Parents,
22 July 2025
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Enhance Relationships: Build A Resilient Ecosystem No leader is resilient alone.—
Maureen Metcalf,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Japan hasn’t been as pliant as Trump seemed to expect.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Letz is a physically and emotionally pliant but also a verbose actor of great versatility, able to play a standard Second City dad and Chicag’ow type, but also a neurotic (lots of call for that in this show) and a dweeb and, well, whatever gets thrown his way.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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Building Flexibility Into Your Estate Plan Revocable Living Trusts as Your Foundation A revocable living trust can serve as the cornerstone of flexible estate planning.—
Patti Brennan,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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This variety pack of bandages covers every kind of small injury—a total of 280 sheer and clear flexible adhesive bandages in five different sizes and shapes, for small wounds, burns, or even shoe chafing.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Now, if the board is made up of more boors than just the one, this may not be a workable solution.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
16 July 2025
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The clearest sign: Duplass Brothers Productions struggled to find a workable deal for its latest project, The Long Long Night.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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The web-like blue and gold dial is housed in a 40mm case made of tantalum, a very hard, ductile, lustrous, blue-gray transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Here, at least, the performers — who include Téa Leoni as Odell’s wife, the very funny Will Poulter as the Leopold son and Anthony Carrigan as a put-upon servant — have the kinds of ductile faces, rubber-band moves and vocal dexterity that can keep even sluggish material moving.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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It’s been a while since someone figured out a way to make the electric guitar sound not only interesting but expansive, dangerous, infinite, pliable.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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At an indie level, merengue also proved pliable, merging with metal and industrial riffs in psychedelic epics from Gallo Lester and Mediopicky, and providing a sinewy canvas for the poetic soul-searching of Rita Indiana and Xiomara Fortuna.—
Richard Villegas,
Rolling Stone,
7 July 2025
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“Flexile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexile. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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