flattened
Example Sentences
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Water vole volunteers 'get very excited by flattened poo'
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
When Thoreau spews nonsense, such as men, “like the earth, revolve mainly from west to east, and so are flattened at the poles,” let’s call the silliness by its real name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
If you haven’t been following the controversy, Wilson felt that Nolan had flattened the saga by mostly erasing the Greek gods and Odysseus’ wit, lust and thorny contradictions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
He pointed to a pile of litter and flattened cardboard boxes on the concrete ground where he said he was sleeping at night.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
I didn't feel so much as a twinge of pain, despite having been flattened by a train three days ago.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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