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resilient

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resilient
(of an object or material) capable of regaining its original shape or position after bending, stretching, compression, or other deformation; elastic


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Across the yielding moss of the sea-bottom there had been no spoor to follow, for the soft pads of the thoat but pressed down in his swift passage the resilient vegetation which sprang up again behind his fleeting feet, leaving no sign.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The blaze of tropic suns was in his face, and in his swelling, resilient muscles was the primordial vigor of life.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
I knew, as never before, nor since, the thousand dear and delightful anguishes of love frustrated but ever resilient and beckoned on by the very goddess of love.
The Red One by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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