Example Sentences

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A 4-foot-high stone wall surrounds the east and south flanks, most likely built by monks centuries ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Just hours earlier, he’d been at the Michigan Democratic Party’s nominating convention in Detroit, facing roughly 7,000 Michigan Democrats from all the party’s flanks.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

She is best known as a midfielder but is equally at home in central defence, while there were also stints operating on the flanks in her younger days.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Under Frank, Spurs built almost exclusively down the flanks, playing direct.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

An army of Sixers stood in front of me, and several different gunter clans surrounded me on all other flanks, brandishing swords and guns and weapons of powerful magic.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline