flex

Example Sentences

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"We can't go there again. There's no flex in the system."

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

You can tell the Pentagon loves it because it just airlifted a microreactor to Utah on a C-17 — the military equivalent of posting a flex on Instagram.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

But here’s the quiet flex: toast them first.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

As opportunities to flex their military might diminished, samurai instead became landed gentry, taking on bureaucratic roles as tax agents, heads of fire brigades and land managers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

With every flex of her foot or contraction of her muscles, she came wondrously alive, blood pumping, emotions playing across her face.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray