suppling
- present participle of supple.
Example Sentences
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Dalén invented a neat little device that would, when heated by the sun, pinch off the gas suppling a lighthouse’s beacon.
From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2016
There are vehicles of every size and description booming down the roadway, in and out of the city, like giant human arteries suppling NYC with energy and nutrients.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2016
At another college certain exercises, excellent in their way, admirable for suppling the joints and improving the carriage, have for some time been practised.
From How to Get Strong and How to Stay So by Blaikie, William Garden
By suppling the neck and the jaw, this hardness completely disappears.
From New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. by Baucher, F.
The suppling, partial and general, of the neck and haunches.
From New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. by Baucher, F.
