flex
verb (used with object)
to bend, as a part of the body.
was flexing
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past progressiveof flex.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A new design was flexing on several axes out on track and had to be removed and replaced with the same version fitted to team-mate Carlos Sainz's car.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2023
Apple's announcement of hardware innovations for the holiday season despite the chip shortage showed the company was flexing its supply chain muscles, Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2021
As SpaceX was flexing, the rocket launch market began to change As SpaceX was flexing, the rocket launch market began to change.
From The Verge ● Dec. 12, 2019
Johnson is back as Hobbs, the soulful human sequoia who until recently was flexing his muscles and eyebrows in federal law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2019
He was flexing his muscles and smoothing his mustache excitedly.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
