How to Use flat in a Sentence

flat

1 of 4 adjective

• Coins are usually round and flat.
• And why were their tops beveled flat?
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026
• The flat soup bowls, the round soup bowls.
  — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
• The light in the room was flat and gray.
  — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
• The videos looked great, but sales stayed flat.
  — Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• Shares have been flat over the past three months.
  — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
• Keep your neck, hips, and back flat and aligned.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 24 Sep. 2025
• The stock has been flat over the last three months.
  — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
• The flat rate is $88 per month.
  — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
• Get a large flat plate and place it over the pan.
  — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 10 Jan. 2026
• Shares of Dow are flat week to date.
  — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
• The stock is flat in the last 12 months.
  — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
• The box also needs to stay flat.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
• The last session was flat at close.
  — Diane Brady, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
• But flat shoes have the upper hand.
  — India Roby, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
• All fighters were paid a flat rate.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
• That is just a flat nonstarter.
  — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
• Or just been flat because of it.
  — Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
• Disney shares are flat in the past year.
  — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
• Why do those movies always look so flat?
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
• Lay flat on your back with your knees bent and feet on the floor.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 24 Sep. 2025
• For some, a flat loafer can feel boring.
  — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 23 Feb. 2026
• The third quarter net-write off rate was flat.
  — Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
• Place each half flat side down on a cutting board.
  — Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
• Hang them to dry, or lay them flat on a towel.
  — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 17 Feb. 2026
• Bitcoin prices have stayed flat over the last month.
  — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
• Djokovic rarely does flat finals.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
• The pad at the back is a flat oval that helps keep the buds in place.
  — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
• Most striking of all is the flat plane of the grounds.
  — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• Your body should lie flat, forming a straight line.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025

flat

2 of 4 noun

• Mary Jane glove flats will do just the trick.
  — India Roby, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2026
• Buy a pair of mesh ballet flats.
  — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
• Nor does the type of ballet flat.
  — René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 19 Aug. 2025
• So what sets glove ballet flats apart?
  — Amanda Le, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
• Prager walked back to his flat in a panic.
  — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
• There used to be a waiting list for flats.
  — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 Feb. 2026
• Moss plugs are available for sale as flats.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
• Style with red or white jelly flats.
  — Claire Peltier, ABC News, 8 June 2026
• Moss plugs are available for sale as flats.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026
• The sleek flats featured a square toe at the tip.
  — Fn Staff, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
• Ballet flats are the hottest shoe trend of spring.
  — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
• Need a few pointers on how to wear flats with jeans?
  — India Roby, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
• On her feet, rounded black leather flats.
  — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
• Dress them down with a cool leather bomber and ballet flats.
  — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
• Searching for a flat that feels just as dressed up as a heel?
  — Lauren Hubbard, townandcountrymag.com, 6 May 2023
• Wear it with ballet flats now and tights and boots come fall.
  — Michelle Rostamian, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Step on it, and keep scrolling to shop more loafer flats below.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
• Keep scrolling to shop flats, boots, and more fall shoes from Quince.
  — Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
• And keep scrolling to shop more Quince ballet flats.
  — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
• Mesh ballet flats are such a pretty shoe for spring.
  — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
• Below, on the open flat, a lone cow was feeding.
  — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
• Mark my words, ballet flats are the shoes of the summer.
  — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
• Take a look at more ballet flats below.
  — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
• Air-dry flat or hang by fingertips away from heat sources.
  — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 5 Feb. 2026
• Today’s flats are a far cry from the stiff styles of my childhood.
  — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
• Air-dry flat, away from direct sunlight or heat.
  — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 5 Feb. 2026
• Birgitte put the flat of her hand against his chest to shove him inside.
  — Thomas Korsgaard, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• Then the third-year tailback snuck to the right and made the wide open grab in the flat.
  — Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
• Clooney toured the Venetian canals in a black skater dress and tan flats.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2023
• This chic flat has a single skinny strap across the vamp and a square toe.
  — Cheryl Wagemann, InStyle, 20 June 2026

flat

3 of 4 adverb

• Lay the map flat on the desk.
• We asked for more time but they turned us down flat.
• He slipped and landed flat on his back.
• Others are flat-topped and squat.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
• Once again, the Knicks came up flat on their own home floor.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
• Don’t let Austin’s small frame fool you, the kid can flat-out play.
  — Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 30 Apr. 2022
• Willis can launch a ball 40-yards flat-footed.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
• But the speed and extent of the shift caught them flat-footed.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 28 May 2022
• Coombs said that energy comes from his flat-out love for the game.
  — Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2022
• Ladd McConkey can flat play the game.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
• We’ll never be caught flat-footed.
  — Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 2 Mar. 2026
• Like a flat-out drop on a short inside route early in the scrimmage.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
• He then flat-footed a pass that was deflected.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
• Here, Yeoh’s bob is blown out with a round brush and flat-ironed for a glossy polish.
  — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
• This mat can be spot cleaned, laid flat to dry, and rolled up with minimal effort.
  — Michelle Pugle, Health, 29 Mar. 2023
• But many of the suggestions on these lists are flat-out ludicrous.
  — Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
• Keeping back flat, extend right arm and left leg out straight so parallel to floor.
  — Women's Health, 6 Apr. 2023
• The telephoto lens would flat-out refuse to focus on anything close.
  — José Adorno, BGR, 2 Nov. 2022
• What remained of several roofs were slumped flat over the few brick walls still standing.
  — Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• Make your bed with the two single comforters laid out flat, touching the the middle of the bed.
  — Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
• Some may also be caught flat-footed by the sharp swings, forced to close out of their positions.
  — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022
• Or maybe just call me a girl who wanted to stick it to the suburban bro who called me flat-chested.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2022
• Chip plants are running flat-out to meet demand but have warned that the problem will not be solved quickly.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2022
• Often a lot of that information is twisted or is just flat-out wrong.
  — Megan Ditrolio, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2022
• Given that blues often hold in heavy current and deep holes, opt for a flat-sided sinker to stop your bait from rolling.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2023
• The United States isn’t alone in being caught flat-footed.
  — Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
• Östlund's sense of irony can sometimes veer toward the obvious or flat-footed.
  — Leah Greenblatt and Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2022
• Instead, he was caught slightly flat-footed as Kastelic walked in all alone.
  — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
• Others are simply not worth the time or flat-out strange, such as mixing lube with your base makeup (please, just don't).
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 1 Feb. 2022
• Her morning wave to her Barbie friends becomes more of a wag; her feet, to her horror, fall flat.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 28 July 2023

flat

4 of 4 verb

• And his board can reach tighter, shallower spots and motor-free zones that flats boats can’t.
  — John Clarke, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2018
• Trolling crank baits along points and flats 15 feet deep over deeper water should still work.
  — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
• Plus, the dude can flat-out sing, though no one else matches his pitch-perfect acting turn.
  — USA TODAY, 26 June 2019
• Vionic, which is one of our favorite slip-on shoe brands, has wedge booties and Mary Jane flats for less.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
• By flatting the top, more main string gets lengthened, also improving control.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020
• Get ready to kiss your little leopard flats goodbye because camo-print loafers are going to be your go-to, everyday shoe for sure!
  — Jasmine Snow, Seventeen, 12 June 2013
• Kerr's status as a self-deprecating spokesman on so many league and world issues sometimes obscures his ability to flat out coach.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2017
• The curve was also this flat a few times where no inversion or recession followed and stocks did well, such as in the mid-1990s.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2018
• The fashionable royal has shown us that flats like knee-high boots and sneakers can be just as stylish (and functional) on the job, and yesterday was no exception.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Mar. 2019
• Show visitors can browse a wide variety of craft, including bowriders, center consoles, deck boats, flats boats, pontoons and surf boats.
  — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
• Lead is harmful at any dose, and especially toxic to the nervous system; arsenic can flat-out kill you, the inspector general wrote.
  — Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2019
• Instead, the cycling startup wants to bring to bear a new strategy that gets rid of the bike rack, and perhaps more audaciously, allows members to flat-out own the bikes and make money off each rental.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2015
• There are also plenty of dupes to be had, including these $9 Staud flats lookalikes and this $45 Bogg bag alternative .
  — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 22 June 2026
• These leather Mary Jane flats pair breathable comfort with a sneaker-level grippy sole and velcro closure, keeping your feet secure and your outfits even more elevated.
  — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2026
• At fault, a toxic troika that combines gushing supply with fears that long-term demand will flat-line as electric vehicles and renewable energies grow, and climate change policies proliferate.
  — Kevin Crowley and Kelly Gilblom, Houston Chronicle, 24 Apr. 2018
• Shorts + flats outfit ideas for spring 2026 The combination of shorts + flats equals relaxed, practical outfits with an effortlessly chic touch.
  — René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2026
• Take a cue from Hilary Duff and snag your own pair of Mary Jane flats to wear while traveling, exploring your own city, or simply feeling put-together while working from home this summer.
  — Claire West, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
• Travelers are in luck, because the comfy Mary Jane flats Holmes was spotted wearing are now on rare sale at Amazon, bringing the price down to under $100.
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
• Thanks to prime placements on the Spring/Summer 2026 runways of both Tod’s and Bottega Veneta, the menswear-esque silhouette is a compelling alternative to the ultra-feminine Mary Janes and mesh ballerina flats that’ve been everywhere the last few warm seasons.
  — Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 14 Mar. 2026