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I kissed him suddenly, thrilled by the warmth of him, the soft pliant feel of his near human skin.

Mr Moussavi, more-over, while he might have been more straightforward on Iran's nuclear ambitions, would not have been more pliant.

Then I may reckon upon tender treatment from my LORD. Indeed, I feel myself to be at best as weak, as pliant, as worthless as a reed.

Having been moping for a bout of time, it suddenly occurs to me that a pliant people will be doomed to failure.

The military government needed a pliant Chief Justice if Musharraf was to stay in office without removing his uniform.

Courts in many parts of the continent are packed with pliant judges keen to do their masters' bidding.

Silicon has proved considerably less pliant than ruby crystals or other subsequently developed lasing media.

It has tainted the media too, with influential editors commonly lobbying pliant politicians to favour particular companies.

The Nobel committee, apparently, is no more than a pliant tool of western governments.

It looks as fragile as glass, but this stuff can endure any amount of scratching and kicking, and is pliant enough for most sitters.

Four new reviews focus on how the latest work on Drosophila is taking this genetically pliant lab model into exciting new fields.

Flexibility. The capacity to be strong yet pliant -adaptable to changing conditions.

Pliant, comes from the power of running, On the scarfskin of the ostrich's paw, The area of 50 square centimeter, makes the leather rare.

To keep the masses docile and pliant, books are banned, surveillance is everywhere and all information is closely guarded by the state.

offer static or dynamic visual hinting, whereas pliant ( manipulable ) data more frequently should offer cursor hinting.

In most cases, the fact that an object is pliant should be communicated to users.

"Urbane and pliant . . . he was at ease even in the drawing rooms of Paris" (R. R. Palmer).

We use the term pliant to refer to objects or screen areas that may be manipulated by a user.

Producers have access to cheap capital and labour and pliant local governments desperate to attract business to their regions.

Ideal for fish fillet knives, Kraton is a slightly pliant plastic, fully resilient when dry and tacky when wet.

He was deposed and replaced by a more pliant successor.

Individual companies, too, whether private or state-owned, may not be as pliant as the government expects.

If you refuse to deal with a group because it's too extreme, you don't get to deal with a more pliant, moderate alternative.

Before being fermented, the white chunks of tofu are plump and pliant . How filling they look!

At present, the Chinese are broadly pliant, accepting prosperity without political liberalisation.

But will Congress really be so pliant?

But vote in spirit, too: use your clout to demand better politicians, not pliant ones.

limber, flexible, pliant supplement vt.

Our factory's spring chairs are Both pliant and strong, and comfortable to sit in.

that language, by your skill made pliant, will bend to favor every client.

it appears as a pliant area because of a mouseover highlight or a 3D "recessed" visual treatment.

Only flow. . . The power is IN the flow, and each drop of water is pliant and soft.

To bend (something pliant or elastic).

A new, more pliant prime minister took over.

He kneads you until you pliant.

The thought makes him shiver deliciously, sliding a hand under the sheets to caress the smooth, pliant surface of the picture.

a button control is pliant because it can be "pushed" by the mouse cursor.

Pliant Organization and Blurred Contract of International Production of Transnational Corporations

Which are so pliant, that the slightest agitation of the water,

A Pliant Method For Anisotropic Mesh Generation

The pliant branches of young trees

He kneads you until you are pliant;

I'd be smart and rather pliant