If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.
Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.
The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny.
The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet.
When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
It's obvious nonsense, but it makes nice people feel good about themselves to do their bit for the planet. It's vanity of a grotesque kind to believe that mankind, and our 'carbon footprint', has more impact on the future of Earth than Nature, which bends our planet to its will, as it sees fit.
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
Mr. Snowden did not start out as a spy, and calling him one bends the term past recognition. Spies don't give their secrets to journalists for free.