How to Use flex in a Sentence

flex

verb
Definition of flexnext
  • He flexed the muscles of his right arm.
  • Make sure to keep hips square and stacked and left foot flexed.
    — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
  • Daines asked to hold his hands, but Gabriel couldn’t flex his right hand.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Find your favorite and get ready to flex your green thumb.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
  • This isn’t the first time Crenshaw has flexed his vocals.
    — Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Tap your left heel on the floor, keep your right foot flexed up, and return to standing.
    — Alisha McDarris, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
  • Yet as Sanders struck a pose on the Rose Bowl field and flexed, a yellow flag fell behind his feet.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Tap right hand to outside of right ankle, flexing right obliques in the process.
    — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 17 May 2023
  • The Bucks once again flexed their defensive muscles, holding the 76ers to a mere 98 points.
    — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Against the backdrop of the war in Gaza, Iran and its allies have been flexing their muscles in the region.
    — Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Led by Forbes’ 26 points, the Trojans flexed their depth on a rare off game for Watkins, who was held to a season-low nine points.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • In the shots, Michael is flexing his arms behind his wife, who appears to be blowing a kiss.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • When the last bell finally sounded, Bud flexed his arms into the shape of a rifle.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • Each team could have games flexed into prime time, however, and times for Week 18 have not yet been set.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
  • As the half wore on, however, the Wildcats began to flex their muscles.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 18 Feb. 2023
  • So, the spacecraft will measure any flexing on the moon's surface and take scans of the entire moon during its 50flybys.
    — Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Warmer weather and sunny days are here for the season, and many in Charlotte are eager to flex their green thumbs.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Engage your abs to lift your head, shoulders, arms, and legs off the ground, keeping your arms down by your sides and your legs straight out, feet flexed.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This guy's flexing his biceps all the time, hoping someone will touch him.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 4 May 2023
  • Thanks to the easy-to-use seat-belt guides, big kids can flex their independence by buckling themselves in.
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • Adjust Around Edges Jenna flexed the stencil where the patio abuts a wall and taped it for ease in stenciling.
    — Jody Garlock, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 June 2023
  • Curl the weights upward by flexing your wrists, bringing the dumbbells toward your body.
    — Dana Santas, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Drive your lower back into the floor, flexing your abs and glutes to create tension.
    — Men's Health, 26 May 2023
  • The defense also flexed its muscles with 11 tackles for loss.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • After his fifth triple, which came off a no-look, between-the-legs pass from Steph Curry, Green flexed both his arms while jogging back.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • James punctuated things with a driving score to seal it in overtime, howling and flexing at the crowd with the win about to be in his grasp.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Once on the fringes, lowrider owners and car clubs flexed their political muscle and helped pass a law to bring back cruise nights.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • On a recent afternoon, a woman posed in front of the quote, flexing her biceps as a man photographed her.
    — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Two shirtless friends flanked her, flexing their arm muscles.
    — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • The duo celebrated a March doubles win by hiking up their shorts and flexing their massive quads for the crowd.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 1 July 2023

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