as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
the kids love to use bendy straws
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Recent Examples of bendy
Like much of their bodies, babies' knees are bendy and not as firm as older children's knees.
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wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 July 2024
From dancing in her living room to starting formal dance lessons at the age of five with Miss Glo, Bellatrix is naturally bendy and competed in one of her first solos choreographed by Audrey's mom, Ms. Tammi.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 July 2024
Wrapping an ear, a bendy and floppy thing, is like putting a sweater on a fish.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 20 July 2024
The sneaker is extremely lightweight and bendy, contorting to a more compact size without losing its shape, which is great for trips that require you to pack light.
—Shelby Hyde, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2024
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wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 July 2024
From dancing in her living room to starting formal dance lessons at the age of five with Miss Glo, Bellatrix is naturally bendy and competed in one of her first solos choreographed by Audrey's mom, Ms. Tammi.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 July 2024
Wrapping an ear, a bendy and floppy thing, is like putting a sweater on a fish.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 20 July 2024
The sneaker is extremely lightweight and bendy, contorting to a more compact size without losing its shape, which is great for trips that require you to pack light.
—Shelby Hyde, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bendy
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Plan for marketing and future growth, but keep things flexible to stay open to new opportunities.Sho Dewan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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To address this challenge, Chinese defense experts have proposed that China’s military culture must become comfortable with decentralized and flexible operations.Sam Bresnick, Foreign Affairs, 31 Dec. 2024
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And an image of a woman named Linda Jackson washing her hair in a plastic bin on the Navajo Nation, the striking mountains of Monument Valley piercing the background, was how Elliot Ross shed light on what life is like in America’s water inequality capital.TIME Photo Department, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Models that were manufactured before October 25, 2023, will have a plastic cover, and unaffected models made after that date will have a fabric cover.DeVonne Goode, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
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On top of her dark wavy hair sat a big, floppy fur hat.Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 30 Dec. 2024
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But now that the floppy hair is gone and the wrinkles have set in and the voice has become gravelly, the persona has been poisoned.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Bendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendy. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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