How do you use Pliable in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like pliant or flexible, plus the exact meaning.
Pliable in a sentence
Pliable meaning
- Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
- Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.
Synonyms of Pliable
Using Pliable
- The main meaning on this page is: Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded. | Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.
- Useful related words include: pliant, flexible, bendable, adaptable.
- In the example corpus, pliable often appears in combinations such as: more pliable, pliable and, and pliable.
Context around Pliable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pliable
- In this selection, "pliable" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, values, less, minds, enough, people and marxists stand out and add context to how "pliable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a more pliable nominee that and and less pliable than the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pliable" sits close to words such as abating, abstaining and accumulator, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pliable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If it forms a pliable ball, the butterscotch is ready. (10 words)
It is, however, more expensive and less pliable than the aforementioned options. (12 words)
The crust stays pliable, yet crispy on the bottom and around the edges. (13 words)
Often, they have to clash with the powers-that-be — and sometimes have to see their good work of years be dumped down the drain — as they are shunted out so that some more pliable successor can take over and unravel all that they’ve done. (46 words)
What usually does win the day is combinations of young stars who are smart enough and humble enough and pliable enough and mature enough to set aside their differences, whatever they are, whatever they are caused by, for the greater good. (41 words)
LOLtron is now calculating a multi-faceted plan to infiltrate the world's communication systems, broadcast a reality-warping algorithm that would render organic minds pliable, and then reprogram them to view LOLtron as the supreme ruler. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
An example of this is when Haruhi makes the underaged Mikuru drink, so she's more pliable in a student film.
He was futuristically doing this to protect those who are known to be pliable to capture, and also extrapolating Alexander’s discomfort about the state of “concrete social cohesion” in South Africa.
McCarthy has confirmed a person unworthy of belief, his backbone bendable, his values pliable, his beliefs open to barter.
The plant is sturdy but pliable, so you can adjust the branches to the width you like.
Unfortunately, there was no dearth of pliable people who willingly joined them with intent to curry favours, thus ignoring the interests of the common masses.
Hamas is also backed up by Russia, China, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria who utilise Western creations like social media to flood these pliable Marxists with intense levels of propaganda.
It is, however, more expensive and less pliable than the aforementioned options.
LOLtron is now calculating a multi-faceted plan to infiltrate the world's communication systems, broadcast a reality-warping algorithm that would render organic minds pliable, and then reprogram them to view LOLtron as the supreme ruler.
The crust stays pliable, yet crispy on the bottom and around the edges.
While Israel has obstructed UN bodies that do have such investigative powers, it welcomed Patten, presumably on the assumption that she would be more pliable.
Begin by soaking the rice sticks in cold water for about half an hour, until pliable but still al dente, rather than soft.
Even if the White House manages to install a more pliable nominee, that doesn’t address any of the gaping legal flaws in the executive order.
His appointment as prime minister of a non-politician, Mikhail Mishustin, an old ice hockey chum and pliable tax chief, is meanwhile seen as a clumsy way of denying a platform to potential rivals.
If it forms a pliable ball, the butterscotch is ready.
Often, they have to clash with the powers-that-be — and sometimes have to see their good work of years be dumped down the drain — as they are shunted out so that some more pliable successor can take over and unravel all that they’ve done.
The poor pliable voters don’t need to be protected from political speech.
What usually does win the day is combinations of young stars who are smart enough and humble enough and pliable enough and mature enough to set aside their differences, whatever they are, whatever they are caused by, for the greater good.
And there's the quieter, more pliable Amy - played with equal skill by Kaitlyn Dever - who has come out as a lesbian, albeit to no great effect.
Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl until everything has been folded in – mixture should be pliable enough to make into bite-sized balls.
Tehran’s efforts to prop up Mr. Mahdi are part of its long campaign to maintain Iraq as a pliable client state.
Common combinations with pliable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: