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• Their small supple forms slipped busily along the floor at dusk, continually perfecting their burrows.2020, Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman, Corsair (2021), page 442. From the entry muskrat
• He stroked the supple leather, imagining it molded to Avily's creamy, delicate flesh.2017 March 9, Jodi Redford, Lover Enraptured, Jodi Redford. From the entry plumpage
• It was springy and supple, the rich deep green of springtime.2012, Laura Parker, A Rose in Splendor, →ISBN. From the entry acushla
• Because mahoganies yield a supple fine-grained wood, they are often used as veneer wood.2012, Susan Crabtree, Peter Beudert, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques, page 392. From the entry faux
• The Slobproof line — made with a softer, more supple version of Crypton Ms.2010 April 22, Joyce Cohen, “Slobproof Sofas and Chairs”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry sleeper
• Just like racing, both require strong but supple legs rather than jackhammer quads.2006 September, Skiing. From the entry jackhammer
• These were kept supple when not in use by filling them with oil tried out of codlivers.1956, Joseph Chase Allen, “Fighting—Farming—Fishing”, in Eleanor Ransom Mayhew, editor, Martha’s Vineyard: A Short History by Various…. From the entry codliver
• She looked like an ageable woman but Wes was young and supple as a boy.1932, Julia Mood Peterkin, Bright Skin, page 39. From the entry ageable
• The ankle should be supple as a stocking, and “bellowsed” to make sure of suppleness.1916, Roger Pocock, chapter 6, in Horses, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, published 1917, pages 170–171. From the entry bellows
• Not being, well, dead, I don’t much enjoy that pileup of Latinate abstractions, despite their supple cadences and dense sound effects.2024 December 18, Daisy Fried, “The History of Poetry, From the Bronze Age to A.I., in a Single Poem”, in The New York Times Book Review…. From the entry programming language
• Cuttings in a vase lost their turgor, incapable of drawing up the water and nutrients that once kept them supple.2024 May 10, Lily Stewart, “A love letter to lilacs and the joys of fleeting pleasure”, in The Christian Science Monitor. From the entry turgor
• We require more supple work schedules that better adapt to all chronotypes, and not just one in its extreme.2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin, published 2018, page 22. From the entry chronotype
• An elephant's trunk was a marvel of elastofluidic engineering – a tool both supple and strong, sensitive and expressive.2015, Alastair Reynolds, Poseidon's Wake, →ISBN. From the entry elastofluidic
• It will likely not break down as it is supple.2014, Aleph Alpha, "Words of Tomorrow". From the entry deperish
• Supple yet tough, these nylon pants can take a week of bushwhacking and still pass muster at a dress-code restaurant.2009 March, “Field Test: Global Apparel”, in Backpacker. From the entry pass muster
• For a Saint-Estèphe this is surprisingly supple for its age.2003, Wine Enthusiast, volume 16. From the entry Saint-Estèphe
• Gavin's supple, plastiskin face was somber, his voice subdued.1986, David Brin, “Lungfish”, in The River of Time, Niles, Illinois: Dark Harvest, →ISBN, page 340. From the entry plastiskin
• Continental soldiers looked lumpish beside our lean-bred fellows: but against my supple Nejdis the British in their turn looked lumpish.1922 (date written; published 1926), T[homas] E[dward] Lawrence, “Book IX: Balancing for a Last Effort. Chapter XCIX.”, in Seven Pillars…. From the entry lumpish
• I was overwhelmed with mixed feelings of triumph and sorrow I must admit, as I watched the Mulley come swimming along reluctantly, a beautiful, sleek supple black-seeming fish.2013, Simren Kaur, Fin Feather and Field, page 134. From the entry mulley
• Cougars and manthers (which you should have heard of by now—or you can at least intuit) are always on the hunt for the energetic, supple, and naive.2010, Brian Griffin, The Trustafarian Handbook: A Field Guide to the Neo-Hippie Lifestyle Funded by Mom and Dad, Adams Media, published…. From the entry manther
• Athletes, dancers, and others who must keep muscles strong and supple are often instructed in automassage, or massaging one’s own muscles, and in basic massage on a partner.2002, Mark F. Beck, chapter 1, in Massage Basics, Albany, NY: Delmar, page 3. From the entry automassage
• These use the weight of the baby to tone the mother's body and during these classes find their bodies become stronger, fitter and more supple than before pregnancy.1999, Sarah Brewer, Pregnancy the Natural Way, Souvenir Press. From the entry baby yoga

Meaning of supple

1. adjective Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
2. adjective Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
3. adjective Compliant; yielding to the will of others.

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How do you use supple in a sentence?

Supple is used as an adjective and verb. For example: “Global supply chains, meanwhile, have grown both tighter and more supple since the late 1990s—the result of improving information technology and of freer trade—making routine work easier to relocate.”

What is a short sentence with supple?

“a supple horse”

What does supple mean?

Supple means pliant, flexible, easy to bend.