How to Use yielding in a Sentence

yielding

adjective
  • The seat was made with a soft and yielding material.
  • She has a gentle, yielding temperament.
  • In other words, be open to lower-yielding, short-term bonds.
    — Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Or even one in which religion is soft and yielding, called to comfort, rather than afflict.
    — Michelle Dowd, Time, 14 June 2023
  • Did Philip consider the modern world too thin, too soft, and too yielding for his taste?
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The banana and white chocolate bread pudding is dense, yielding, creamy, rich and right at home as a finale on this menu.
    — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Two of them present whole favas, yielding but also retaining some chew, dressed with olive oil, garlic, diced tomatoes and chiles.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Yields on savings accounts and bonds decline, making non-yielding assets like gold more attractive.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • To taste one hot off the press, so to speak, is an experience not to be missed; the flavor is so complex, the mouthful so round, the texture so yielding.
    — Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Owners of real estate will receive income payments through rents and leases that are often higher yielding than bonds.
    — Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • When interest rates rise, the cost of holding non-yielding assets such as Bitcoin increases.
    — Jason Phillips, Ascend Agency, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Ullmark has registered nine consecutive wins, yielding but 12 goals over that stretch.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Yield10’s initial focus has been to develop very high yielding and high oil content versions that could be used to make biodiesel and jet fuel.
    — Steven Savage, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Some of the higher yielding lending pools are for those lending in Polkadot (DOT).
    — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 6 June 2021
  • Now 48, DiCaprio is about twice as old as the real Ernest was at the time, and age has made his face more yielding and eloquent.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The variety is fickle, sensitive to inclement weather and often low-yielding.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 June 2021
  • Retailers are hoping the renovation will draw money yielding-crowds.
    — Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • In its simplest form, the yen carry trade has investors borrowing cheap yen to invest in higher yielding assets, often currencies.
    — Bob Pisani, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The concentration of low-yielding, 50+-year-old vines is on display in this flagship Pinot from Benovia.
    — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Gold also gains appeal when interest rates fall, as lower yields reduce the opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding asset.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The deepest, oldest layers of sediment had hardened, yielding chunks with artifacts studding their surfaces.
    — Emily Elert, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2012
  • The warrior is both strong and yielding, capable of decisive action and deliberate restraint.
    — Richard P. Weigand, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Higher rates tend to increase the relative appeal of yielding assets such as government bonds versus non-yielding precious metals like gold.
    — Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
  • As a non-yielding asset, gold typically performs well in a falling interest-rate environment.
    — CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The prospect of lower interest rates also helps by reducing the opportunity costs of holding non-yielding assets like bullion.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Try toys that are made of more yielding materials like flexible silicone or cyberskin, instead of ones made of glass, wood, metal or, gods forbid, plastic.
    — Anna Pulley, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Second, higher rates increase the opportunity cost of investing in non-yielding assets such as Bitcoin.
    — Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2022
  • These trades come despite gold being a non-yielding asset, but admittedly a highly liquid one that has seen a staggering price appreciation in recent years.
    — Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Investors have cash to put to work, at least for higher-yielding but comparatively safe borrowers like Indonesia's government.
    — Frances Yoon, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Bake, uncovered, an additional 15 to 20 minutes, until the potatoes are soft and yielding and slightly crisped on the surface.
    — Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019

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