She pushed her loaves angrily under the stove, to the discomfiture of the cat, who, being thus rudely disturbed, yawned and stretched, and curved its back to the limit of spinal flexibility, as it rubbed against the old woman's knees.
"Stories of the Foot-hills"
Margaret Collier Graham
The flexibility of the willow is surprising when reduced to these narrow pieces, scarcely thicker than stout paper.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
A certain flexibility is required, which is best obtained in the manner described.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou