1
: moving smoothly and continuously in or as if in a stream
a flowing river
2
a
: smooth and graceful
flowing handwriting
b
: hanging loosely and gracefully
a flowing gown
her long, flowing tresses
flowingly
adverb
a flowingly graceful gesture
As he talked along, softly, pleasantly, flowingly, he seemed to drift away imperceptibly out of this world and time …
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Examples of flowing in a Sentence
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Ubisoft intended to model how the text would have actually been spoken at the time, by recent arrivals from Ireland, to what is now Scotland, to create a more flowing performance for players.
—Amy Briscoe, Wired, 21 Apr. 2021
Behind much more flowing and well-balanced offense, UConn used a 9-2 run at the beginning of the second to pull ahead by three, though the Yellow Jackets responded following a timeout to regain the advantage.
—Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2021
Stolz employs a flowing and impressionist animation style to tell the story of Ernesto, an almost-dead soldier carried to his final destination deep in the Brazilian jungle, where villagers hope his death will usher in new life.
—Jd Linville, Variety, 18 June 2022
That’s the year that Fords started having nicer lines—a more flowing look.
—Jack Hagemann, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2021
His flowing and seamless grace, and his precision and timing, were like salutes to those among us who risk everything in the pursuit of impossible perfection.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 6 Jan. 2021
Amy Briscoe, Wired, 21 Apr. 2021
Behind much more flowing and well-balanced offense, UConn used a 9-2 run at the beginning of the second to pull ahead by three, though the Yellow Jackets responded following a timeout to regain the advantage.
—Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2021
Stolz employs a flowing and impressionist animation style to tell the story of Ernesto, an almost-dead soldier carried to his final destination deep in the Brazilian jungle, where villagers hope his death will usher in new life.
—Jd Linville, Variety, 18 June 2022
That’s the year that Fords started having nicer lines—a more flowing look.
—Jack Hagemann, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2021
His flowing and seamless grace, and his precision and timing, were like salutes to those among us who risk everything in the pursuit of impossible perfection.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 6 Jan. 2021
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“Flowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flowing. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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