flank
noun
the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
had flanked
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past perfectof flank.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But Morehouse couldn’t help but recollect the eager circle of “Ayes” which had flanked the Judge that other night.
From Once to Every Man by Anton Otto Fischer
General Putnam was ordered to reenforce General McDougall, who was in command at the hill; but before he arrived the British had flanked the Americans and driven them from their position.
From "Old Put" The Patriot by Frederick Albion Ober
It was twice as broad as the one he had flanked a few minutes before, and did not offer the slightest concealment.
From The Phantom of the River by Edward Sylvester Ellis
About two weeks later the Confederates themselves burned the bridges, but this was after Jackson had flanked Banks away from the position at Strasburg, followed him to Winchester and won a victory there.
From Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia by Etta Belle Walker Northington
Fontana and Maderna, the Gog and Magog of architecture, had flanked the portals of art and had let through a hideous throng of artificialities and corruptions....
From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller
