She seemed more pliantly feminine as she went with quiet steps through the streets on his arm than he had yet known her.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
The gait and demeanor of the country lads are not more shambling and slovenly than those of the ordinary British; but the latter from his youth up, has imbibed certain ideas of subordination to superiors, which make him yield more pliantly and implicitly to after discipline.
"Border and Bastille"
George A. Lawrence
With full knowledge of the situation, the obstinate hatred of men, the terrific suffering involved, it was calmly, resolutely advised and decided upon that when the time came Jesus should yield Himself up pliantly into their hands.
"Quiet Talks about Jesus"
S. D. Gordon