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Synonyms & Antonyms for limber
Synonyms: Adjective
bendy [chiefly British], flexible, lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, pliable, pliant, supple, willowy
Antonyms: Adjective
inflexible, rigid, stiff, stiffened
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Examples of limber in a Sentence
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he shaped the basket out of limber branches that could bend easily around a frameRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
In fact, Brady looked pretty spry and limber when stretching. — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, "Rest day makes sense for Tom Brady," 26 July 2019 Miller-Weston also brings a kind of exquisitely offhand viciousness to the vacuous Mrs. Wormwood, and has a hands-down hilarious scene with her alarmingly limber dance teacher Rudolpho (a memorable Ala Tiatia). — James Hebert, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: âMatildaâ and its ârevolting childrenâ make for an entertainingly barbed musical comedy at Moonlight," 19 July 2019 At the end of a day at Blackberry Mountain, your limbs will feel more limber, your mind expanded, your soul refreshed, your appetitesâfor great food, new friends, the Unknownâreawakened. — Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, "Introducing Blackberry Mountain, the Idyllic New Resort from Blackberry Farm," 11 Feb. 2019 Not difficult, Tufty says now, for a limber 16-year-old boy of 135 pounds. — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, "53 years after stealing deputy's badge as a drunk teen, this KC minister returned it | The Kansas City Star," 23 May 2018 And so, like a genie emerging from a lamp, up pops Tully (Mackenzie Davis): youthful, limber, funny, and free. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, "Charlize Theron Explores Motherhoodâs Discontents in âTullyâ," 4 May 2018 Doing so will flood the muscles with oxygen and nutrient-rich blood that is necessary for loose and limber muscle fibers. — Philly.com, "Strength training for runners: 3 moves to help you hit your stride," 13 Mar. 2018 Claire, a petite, feisty and limber nonagenarian who used to be a showgirl and a Palm Springs Follies dancer, performed in Cyrusâ Younger Now video. — Denise Goolsby, USA TODAY, "Miley Cyrus sends gift, greetings to 90-year-old Bingo caller," 6 Feb. 2018 This material gives the listener an opportunity to bask in the improvisational genius of Buckley and his limber band, especially guitarist Lee Underwood, who adds post-Joe Zawinul Fender Rhodes on a handful of songs. — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, "Music / Post No Bills Two recent Tim Buckley releases from the vaults capture the singerâs improvisational genius," 7 Feb. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Steve Lukather limbers up his fingers with a bulky acoustic 12-string, serenading me with Byrds and Led Zeppelin classics. — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, "Starr Man: Inside Ringo's 30-Year Odyssey with His All-Starr Band," 19 Aug. 2019 Recently, in a waiting room before practice, the North Koreans and their coach rolled their gloves into a ball and played an impromptu game of soccer to get their bodies limber. — JerĂ Longman, New York Times, "For North Korean Skaters, the Short Program Was Just the Beginning," 13 Feb. 2018 And not just in the weather department to limber up his surgically fused back. — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, "Tiger Woods misses Open cut, yearns for 'hot weeks'," 19 July 2019 As the 57-year-old tried to limber up on the practice tee Monday afternoon at Warren Golf Course, fellow members of the PGA Tour Champions kept coming up to him seeking restaurant recommendations and the like. — Mike Berardino, Indianapolis Star, "Which U.S. Senior Open entrant will play like a champion this week?," 24 June 2019 What Gimlin's camera sees is a strange, large, ape-like figure limbering on its hind legs across a clearing. — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, "Science Meets Legend: The Story of Our Search for Bigfoot," 8 Oct. 2018 The mid-sized banks to which small firms tend to turn for money, and which have benefited from deregulation, show no signs of limbering up for a big burst of borrowing. — The Economist, "Business in the Republicansâ America is flourishing, but also changing," 24 May 2018 His English was remarkably elastic, freewheeling between rote grammar and limbered-up slang. — Daniel Riley, GQ, "The Great High School Impostor," 1 May 2018 Thompson had been limbering up on-deck before Royals manager Ned Yost called Smith out of the bullpen. — Maria Torres, kansascity, "Royals get shut out by White Sox in first game of doubleheader | The Kansas City Star," 28 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'limber.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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