flexing
- present participle of flex.
Example Sentences
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The system is working exactly as intended: Flexing hard, but not breaking.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
Flexing its muscle at times of tension, Beijing has restricted exports of critical minerals used in products from microchips and wind turbines to electric car batteries and weapons systems.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
Flexing a bicep in his purple SEIU-USWW shirt.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023
Flexing would have allowed the enantiornithine to smush more relative brain volume into its tiny skull than did its dino cousins.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2022
Flexing his long scourge-like tail, he gave a few experimental swishes and cracks as he shouted commands.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
