FLAP in a Sentence
Learn FLAP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
80 example sentences for FLAP, such as:
1. The red flag flaps in the wind.
2. He flapped the flies away with a fan.
3. The bird flapped its wings furiously.
4. Grey sheets flapped on the clothes line.
5. The bird flapped its wings and flew away.
2. He flapped the flies away with a fan.
3. The bird flapped its wings furiously.
4. Grey sheets flapped on the clothes line.
5. The bird flapped its wings and flew away.
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Meanings and Examples of FLAP
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flap
n. the motion made by flapping up and down
n. any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
Classic Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1 On the other letter he read Gus Trenor's name; and the flap of the envelope was still ungummed.
2 She wanted to laugh at the gratified importance in Raymie's half-shut eyes; she wanted to weep over the meek ambitiousness which clouded like an aura his pale face, flap ears, and sandy pompadour.
3 His coat was wrinkled; his trousers would flap at the knees when he arose.
4 From hand to hand, the buckets went in the deepest silence, only broken by the occasional flap of a sail, and the steady hum of the unceasingly advancing keel.
5 Misfortune seemed to settle like an evil bird on the roof of the log house, and to flap its wings there, warning human beings away.
6 The flap of his cartridge box bobbed wildly, and his canteen, by its slender cord, swung out behind.
7 As the flap of the blue jacket fell away from the body, he could see that the side looked as if it had been chewed by wolves.
8 He would perch on a stump, flap his black wings, and talk by the hour to anyone who would listen.
9 Giles slit the flap of an apparently business document.
10 I took up the envelope and saw scrawled in red ink upon the inner flap, just above the gum, the letter K three times repeated.
11 He didn't hear me call, nor see me flap my parasol in front, and there we were, quite helpless, rattling away, and whirling around corners at a breakneck pace.
12 A dusky tumult would flap its wings from one house to another.
13 Between those fingers the flap of skin connecting them reached up almost as far as the top joint of the little finger.
14 She flapped the reins and urged the horse forward.
15 Then Cathleen flapped the bridle reins sharply and the old mule moved off.
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 Although I moistened it, the flap doesn't stick to the envelope.
2 Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail.
3 The officer undid the flap of his holster and drew his gun.
4 I got into a real flap when I lost my keys.
5 Reacher lifted the envelope's flap and slid the two photographs out, facedown.
6 The bird flapped its wings and flew away.
7 The bird flapped its wings furiously.
8 A small bird flapped its wings furiously and flew upwards.
9 He flapped the flies away with a fan.
10 Grey sheets flapped on the clothes line.
11 Koryon flapped forward, dropping slightly to gain velocity from the dive.
12 The flag was flapping about in the light wind.
13 The curtains were flapping at the open window.
14 He came down the steps with his jacket flapping and his cheeks still ruddy from the scraping of the razor.
15 The red flag flaps in the wind.