Example Sentences

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She was flexing her left knee before walking slowly off the court.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2022

There is a good chance Donald Trump was flexing heroic tweeting fingers that moment as well.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2020

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

The 27-year-old Briton had looked comfortable in the first two sets against the qualifier, though he did jar his right knee in the first game of the second set and was flexing it throughout.

From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2015

Alexander’s empire had collapsed into bickering states, and a new power was flexing its muscles in the West: Rome.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife