How to Use inflexible in a Sentence

inflexible

adjective
  • Kids get sick; day cares open and close; jobs are inflexible.
    — Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Kids get sick; day cares open and close; jobs are inflexible.
    — Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Bryant wrote that his finger remained inflexible for the rest of his life.
    — Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But in that moment, their thinking is very inflexible and rigid.
    — German Lopez, Vox, 11 Dec. 2018
  • But don’t think of that circle as something closed and inflexible.
    — Manon Defelice, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • We're too polarized now, with extreme and inflexible views on both sides of the aisle.
    — Steve Lopez, latimes.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • My dad was not the inflexible tyrant that Javed’s is in Blinded.
    — Keith Campbell, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Opponents of per capita caps fear that the caps are too inflexible.
    — Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, 25 May 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
  • But aspects of the rules were inflexible, and automakers had grown to resent them.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • This worker is at risk of being seen as an inflexible old fogey that everyone has to work around.
    — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2018
  • 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 process is relatively inflexible as each new strain or virus must be developed and grown from scratch.
    — Robert Hart, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • Keep in mind that most innerspring mattresses are too inflexible to work well with an adjustable frame.
    — Deirdre Mundorf, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2021
  • In a pot made out of inflexible material, tap the bottom firmly on a hard surface a few times to help loosen it.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Without the extra spot, the Orioles bullpen could be very inflexible.
    — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The needles should feel soft and springy, not brittle and inflexible, says O’Connor.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 21 Oct. 2019
  • But for all their benefits, these systems are often inflexible.
    — Norbert Jung, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • While effective, these approaches can be slow or inflexible.
    — New Atlas, 8 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • But lawmakers who chafed at being pushed around by the inflexible governor’s demands for the past eight years found their backbone just in time to do the wrong thing.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2026
  • Why the Tigers were so inflexible is unclear, though some around baseball consider the front office risk-adverse.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Cuomo went on to claim that the party has lost its moderate center and is in the midst of being reshaped by louder and more inflexible factions.
    — Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Being inflexible or arrogant should not concern you.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

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