souple
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of souple
1885–90; short for French soie souple supple silk
Example Sentences
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Juve, alert, souple, robust, Juve in his full vigour, in the prime of life!
From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Souvestre, Pierre
Je ne dois pas même me permettre de presser contre mon coeur ce corps souple et charmant; ou elle me méprise, ou elle me maltraite.
From Books and Characters French and English by Strachey, Giles Lytton
Now safe the stately sawmont sail, salmon And trouts bedropp'd wi' crimson hail, And eels weel kent for souple tail, And geds for greed, pikes Since dark in Death's fish-creel we wail Tam Samson's dead!
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan
Although he has painted hosts of excellent dog pictures, cats are his favorites, on account, as he says, of "les formes fines et gracieux; mouvements, souple et subtil."
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.
They dresse their skinnes very soft and souple with the haire on.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Hakluyt, Richard
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