How to Use flack in a Sentence

flack

noun
Definition of flacknext
  • Karen deserves the flack that the stereotype Karen gets.
    — Sara Spary, CNN, 30 July 2020
  • The show has gotten some flack for its stiff acting and canned lines in the past, but hey, what teen drama hasn't?
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 20 May 2020
  • Airline food catches a lot of flack for being a bit bland.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Some people still give them flack, but others can’t thank them enough.
    — Sarah Weinberg, House Beautiful, 9 Aug. 2018
  • While the action may have received some flack, Southwest stood by their good deed.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Young people get a lot of flack these days, for killing mayonnaise and golf and lots of other things.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 25 Oct. 2018
  • Actress Blanca Blanco ditched the black dress code for a red cut-out dress, and was catching flack for it.
    — Hayley Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • The omission earned the sketch series flack from Internet users.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Earlier this year, the two got flack for their Kendall + Kylie Shiloh slip-on, for how similar their shoe was to a Chanel style.
    — Donna Freydkin, Allure, 29 June 2017
  • The current presidential flack is a far cry from Trump’s first.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
  • There are flacks, and then there are people who really work a story.
    — Los Angeles Magazine, 19 Dec. 2017
  • And there is certainly flack from within the Philippines.
    — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Twitter’s board will take flack for getting outfoxed by Musk.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 18 May 2022
  • And, of course, a former L.A. mayor, an Obama flack and key journalisst all blame heartless Trump.
    — Greg Gutfeld, Fox News, 30 May 2018
  • Here are the other times Braun has gotten flack for what some view as political gaffes.
    — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Blocks), but now the series has been getting some flack for featuring its first-ever trio, too.
    — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2019
  • The title, much like the addition of the x that makes these Spanish words gender neutral, has received some flack.
    — Alán Pelaez Lopez, refinery29.com, 12 June 2022
  • Over the years, the couple received some flack for their age gap, which Turner briefly discussed in her memoir, My Love Story.
    — Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
  • Over the years, the couple have gotten some flack for their age gap, which Turner briefly discussed in her memoir, My Love Story.
    — Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The aforementioned flack offered to put me in touch with his client, the CEO of a company that runs corporate gift card programs.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • In the last few weeks Netflix has also had some flack around its plans to stop password sharing, which has drawn heavy criticism from users.
    — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Snapchat took a lot of flack for its redesign, including from celebrity users like Chrissy Teigen and Kylie Jenner.
    — Kurt Wagner, Recode, 24 Apr. 2018
  • However at the time, Lansbury took much of the flack for Villa's 0-0 draw, which only increased the pressure surrounding the 26-year-old.
    — SI.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Netflix’s original and acquired films have gotten a lot of flack in recent years.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The industry has received a lot of deserved flack for the dubious provenance of these metrics.
    — Aaron Fletcher, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2021
  • John Deere has gotten a lot of flack in recent years for keeping a pretty tight grip at how customers use the farming equipment that John Deere sells.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2023
  • This isn't the first time Melania Trump has gotten flack for her unusual fashion choices.
    — Evelyn Wang, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2017
  • For all the feverish love and acclaim Game of Thrones has accrued over the years, the show has also taken plenty of flack for its gender politics.
    — Emma Dibdin, Marie Claire, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Scream 3 is often dealt a short shrift by series fans and critics alike, but the flack is largely undeserving.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The two players ignored me completely, instead zeroing in on the NBA flack.
    — Tom Scharpling, Vulture, 12 July 2021

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