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• past participle of flex.
• past tense form of flex.

flexed

American  

[flekst] / flɛkst /

adjective

1. bent or contracted, as a part of the body.

   When roller skating, a low posture and slightly flexed knees will help your stability.

2. Heraldry. (of a human leg) depicted as bent at the knee.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of flex.

Other Word Forms

• unflexed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of flexed

First recorded in 1515–25; flex ¹ + -ed ² for the adjective senses; flex ¹ + -ed ¹ for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Last year, it flexed its economic and diplomatic muscle, responding to Trump with tit-for-tat tariffs and restricting the export of rare earth minerals essential for advanced manufacturing.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Harvard-Westlake 10, Arizona Casteel 8: Jake Kim flexed his muscles for the second consecutive game, hitting a home run and double to finish with three RBIs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

During a pause, the soldiers flexed their wrists and pumped their stretched arms, a penguin-like exercise that locals here do to keep their fingers warm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Those calls grew louder when China flexed its muscles last year by stepping up curbs on exports of rare earth minerals, and later temporarily halted exports of Nexperia semiconductors, alarming the German auto sector.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

I flexed my fingers and stretched my palms until my hands mostly worked again, then started pulling off my wet clothes.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

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