Emmy Rossum

I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something that me and my friends used to do when we were in gymnastics class as kids, and I can still do it. I was doing it since I was 8 and 9. They used to call me Gumby. Very bendy.

American Actress

Doug Jones

I can put my legs behind my head, but that's pretty much it. An early agent said to me, 'If you can put your legs behind your head, let's say you're a contortionist!' So I got sent out for everything twisty and bendy. It's a good conversation starter.

American Actor

Jennifer Carpenter

My sister is a chiropractor and she says I have an unusually flexible lower back, but I don't do yoga, and I don't feel like I'm very bendy.

Use 'bendy' for objects that physically bend without breaking.

Physical Objects

'Bendy' is often used for safe, playful items suitable for children.

Child-friendly

Being bendy implies flexibility, not lack of strength or durability.

Not Weak

Use 'bendy' to describe someone who moves their body easily, often for sports or dance.

Physical Ability

Being 'bendy' is usually seen as a positive, healthy quality in a person.

Positive Trait

'Bendy' is informal, so it's not usually used in formal writing or speech.

Casual Language

Use 'bendy' to describe roads that may require careful driving or could cause motion sickness.

Travel Caution

A 'bendy' path means it is not the shortest way between two points.

Not Always Direct

'Bendy' suggests a road or path with interesting views that change as you travel.

Scenery Descriptor

 been very bendy no other dinosaur in this group has a tail like this but nazar thought he knew what it was for and sure enough when we put everything together we realized that this was a structure that looked like a giant fin

The Strange Tail of...

 to hospitals to help patients drink while reclining, but eventually, with the marketing and business savvy from his sister Betty, the bendy straw becomes a beloved utensil of every child and a regular household item.

How the bendy straw was...

 Look at those little birds tippy-toeing on the funny grass. That looks like a lot of fun. They've got very bendy legs.