In a sentence
Six example sentences with flexibility, each labelled with its topic.
Months of morning stretching gave the swimmer enough flexibility to reach both ankles without bending a knee.
Fitness
The new cable's flexibility lets it fold into a pocket, while the older one cracked whenever it was coiled tightly.
Technology
Copper wire has the flexibility a sculptor wants: it holds a curve, then takes a new one without snapping.
Art
Bamboo scaffolding owes its safety to flexibility, bending in a typhoon where rigid steel poles might crack at the joints.
Architecture
The polymer's flexibility comes from long chains that slide past one another, so the film bends without cracking.
Science
Ankle flexibility lets a guard plant and pivot without pain, which is why the trainers stretch that joint before every practice.
Basketball
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Found in these word lists
Found in 3 published word listsAuthoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)
- Science Vocabulary List
Each source is a published word list that contains flexibility. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.