How to Use inflexible in a Sentence

inflexible

adjective
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  • In fact the limit has not been as inflexible as all that.
    — The Economist, 23 May 2020
  • My dad was not the inflexible tyrant that Javed’s is in Blinded.
    — Keith Campbell, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Heat and carbon dioxide build up in the suit, there’s a lack of fresh air in the helmet and the armor is heavy and inflexible.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
  • The needles should feel soft and springy, not brittle and inflexible, says O’Connor.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 21 Oct. 2019
  • At the same time, many jobs require longer, inflexible hours.
    — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Still, some boosters are large and inflexible, so opt for one of our picks below.
    — Stirling Kelso, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2020
  • We're too polarized now, with extreme and inflexible views on both sides of the aisle.
    — Steve Lopez, latimes.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Here’s an example if one of the worst inflexible plans.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • But don’t think of that circle as something closed and inflexible.
    — Manon Defelice, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • But in that moment, their thinking is very inflexible and rigid.
    — German Lopez, Vox, 11 Dec. 2018
  • But aspects of the rules were inflexible, and automakers had grown to resent them.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2020
  • An inflexible career structure means that the department forces some of its best and brightest out and then doesn’t let them back in.
    — The Economist, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Without the extra spot, the Orioles bullpen could be very inflexible.
    — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Over time space suits change, growing rigid and inflexible.
    — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2022
  • Nobody had any beans to spill, but Verdugo said there is one rite of passage at Homeboy in which Boyle is inflexible.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
  • Opponents of per capita caps fear that the caps are too inflexible.
    — Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, 25 May 2017
  • First, please obey the inflexible rule, ironclad from the Iron Age to the era of deplorable designer dogs: Do not give anyone but your own kids a pet as a surprise.
    — Patt Morrison, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • If her business rules are exacting, then her beauty rules are more inflexible than the laws of physics.
    — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Combine that with a group of core players who built up enough service time to void any option to the minor leagues and the Orioles are very much an inflexible group.
    — Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • That’s not to say that Larry is an inflexible stickler.
    — Meredith Blake, latimes.com, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The force of the enterprise is in deterrence—in making plain that there are inflexible standards for conduct in war.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • And where is the line between authentic and inflexible?
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2022
  • This worker is at risk of being seen as an inflexible old fogey that everyone has to work around.
    — Carolyn Hax, idahostatesman, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The process is relatively inflexible as each new strain or virus must be developed and grown from scratch.
    — Robert Hart, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • Certainly Charles Laughton is at his best in a relentless portrait of the inflexible Capt.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The reason behind this is that a lot of the UI controls on Windows are either very limited, or very inflexible, or both.
    — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 28 May 2018
  • Bob Babb didn’t get to 44 years of coaching the Johns Hopkins baseball program by being inflexible.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 June 2023
  • While firms in tech have not been strangers to working from home, many industries that were inflexible on the issue pre-2020 had to quickly adapt to remote practices.
    — Emilia D'anzica, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • The dryer balls are sturdy and inflexible, even after a cycle in the dryer, which our tester took as a sign of long-term durability.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
  • Meanwhile, rigid thinking is linked to worse mental health (and humans tend to get more mentally inflexible after childhood).
    — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024

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