chiefly British

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Recent Examples of bendy The boar bristles are bendy to move with hair but still stiff enough to detangle knots. Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 12 June 2025 Perhaps the bendy, gravitating fabric of our universe itself emerges from whatever is happening on some lower-dimensional boundary. Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024 In this case, the bendy space-time fabric that surrounds us would be illusory, and the quantum particles on the boundary would be the real stuff of existence. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024 This is why drafting another edge defender in the first or second round is a logical assumption, whether a bendy pass rusher (Donovan Ezeiruaku), a physical three-down lineman (Nic Scourton) or a raw riser (Olu Oladejo). Ben Standig, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bendy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bendy
Adjective
  • This entails the focus on more flexible work arrangements and challenges the more deeply rooted traditional relationships between employees and employers.
    Bankim Chandra, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • The upcoming academic year will mark the debut of a new, more flexible ban on cellphone use at schools.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • Simon added countries need to agree on the language for a treaty, so the world can work together to finally end plastic pollution.
    Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Each loaf was sold in a 12-ounce plastic bag marked with UPC 24126018152 on the bottom of the packaging.
    Isabel van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • Dragging the roll slider up and down made the R1T go from a relaxed, floppy feel to a taut, engaging turner.
    Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2025
  • Each of her bright, floppy crimson fingers contains thousands of highly nutritious pinhead-sized seeds.
    Michael Shaikh June 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025

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“Bendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendy. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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