Plying

Word PLYING
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈplaɪ.ɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Plying"

What do we mean by plying?

To bend; to fold; to mould; to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.

To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).

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The word "plying" in example sentences

It's official: plying is the most boring thing ever. ❋ Novel_in_90 (2009)

This whole ‘Trickle Down’ bullsh*t you have been plying is a crock! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Her form of conversation consists in plying her victim with questions. ❋ Unknown (1907)

Although they told us the water had lowered considerably still boats were plying from the Levee inwards through all the streets we could see. ❋ Unknown (1862)

Once in class, our teacher began explaining the notion of plying yarn and I froze. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are accused of 'plying' their father with alcohol and sleeping pills before forcing him to sign a will ❋ Unknown (2010)

After visiting New York in 1794, the Frenchman Moreau de St. Mery wrote, “Whole sections of streets are given over to streetwalkers for the plying of their profession.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

And mass-produced T-shirts, bearing messages for all to wear and many to read, will always be partly indebted to those ancient tradesmen plying the coasts of the Mediterranean. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

Petrik estimates that the average monthly income of “a fancy lady plying her trade along Wood Street” was $233. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Quite possibly, however, many starry-eyed writers believe there must be money to be made through plying the writer's trade for a perfectly good reason. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Related: This Smoking Gun archive contains the entire "1977 grand jury testimony of the 13-year-old California girl with whom the director had sex after plying her with Champagne and a Quaalude at the Los Angeles home of Jack Nicholson." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Book reviewers who want to keep plying their trade are going to have to get over the idea that they're bringing culture and edification to the great unwashed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Father Flynn is gentle and plying, but brief scenes made me uncomfortable and suspicious that he may be acting inappropriately, as well as his vague evasive answers to the nuns when questioned. ❋ Zombietron (2009)

That would suggest the lack of a winter break doesn't just explain England's underachievement but also affects foreign players plying their trade in the Premier League. ❋ Gabriele Marcotti (2011)

"Good boatmen," was Sheldon's verdict, as he saw the boat leap forward on the face of a huge breaker, the sweeps plying swiftly to keep her on that front of the moving mountain of water that raced madly for the shore. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Muriel drew a rough sketch of the picture in her head on the back of an advertisement envelope, plying the eraser, now and then biting her bottom lip. ❋ Meredith Greene (2011)

But like the hookers plying their trade in mini skirt collectives along infamous thoroughfares such as Sullivan and Tlalpan, the rule of law doesn't seem to stand in the way of anyone with a can of spray paint inclined to deface a wall. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also, both Republicans AND Democrats are hookers and prostitutes, and this ruling will simply remake members of Congress, currently plying their illicit trade at the street level, into swanky penthouse call girls. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The story essentially revolves around Mr. Harding, a good natured but slightly weak episcopal minister, trying to find his way, alongside his extended family, amongst the catty and manipulative ecclesiastical hierarchy plying its "business" in the shadow of Barchester Cathedral. ❋ Richard C. Morais (2011)

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