How to pronounce “pliant” in English

the rampant veneer to sit down where it belonged. I moisturized the ancient sheet of wood, very,very thin, until it was pliant but not soaked. Then I wiped off the liquid residue and pressed the veneer down in place on a bed of glue. I stabilized it with plywood, braced the jobwith a large cinder block, and left it overnight. This worked." It wasn't curling up anymore. It was lying flat the way it had been when it was built