flats

Example Sentences

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I love the insane sliced red leather Celine ballet flats I saw while scrolling Instagram on my commute Wednesday morning, but I also love my more accessibly priced Tevas in a similar shade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Authorities estimate that more than 220,000 people in the city of 7.5 million live in so-called "shoebox" flats, around one-third of which need major renovation.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Experts say warmer temperatures and higher density living in flats and apartments are behind the increased reports.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Some residents have moved into public or transitional housing, while others have moved into other substandard flats as a temporary measure, Sze added.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Horsemen, riding very swiftly, had indeed been sighted: still far behind but gaining on the Orcs, gaining on them like a tide over the flats on folk straying in a quicksand.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien