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David wants to win the family over, and everybody, except Anna, is putty in his hands.

When asked whether he was sexy she replies, "Everyone is putty around him… Look at him."

Now he can just charge out there and do more of this, and in no time the nation will be putty in our hands!

We must ruthlessly accommodate ourselves to a world that has shown, once again, that it is not putty in our hands.

There was no vivacity in his putty-coloured features, but there were promptitude and decision in every abrupt gesture.

Putty-colored or "acholic" stools occur when bile is deficient, either from obstruction to outflow or from deficient secretion.

White lime putty is next filled into the groove, being pressed on with a jointing tool, leaving a white joint ⅛ to in.

Gauged work has very thin joints, as shown at H, formed by dipping the side of the brick in white lime putty.

Gauged brickwork is set in lime putty instead of common mortar; the finished joints should not be more than 1/32 in.

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On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to putty, such as: docile, flexible, limber, malleable, manageable, and pliant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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