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adjective

malleable

CEFR C2

easily influenced; pliable

In a sentence

Six example sentences with malleable, each labelled with its topic.

  • Jurors are most malleable in the first hour, which is why both attorneys fight so hard over opening statements.

    Psychology

  • The founders stayed malleable about the product and rebuilt it three times before anyone agreed to pay for it.

    Startups

  • The young king proved malleable, and whichever adviser spoke to him last usually got the policy he wanted.

    History

  • The coach prefers malleable rookies who will rebuild their jump shot rather than veterans set in their habits.

    Basketball

  • Locke pictured the newborn mind as malleable, taking whatever shape experience pressed upon it.

    Philosophy

  • Pollsters found undecided voters surprisingly malleable, shifting toward whichever candidate had spoken to them most recently.

    Politics

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