How to Use flex in a Sentence

flex

1 of 2 verb

• He flexed the muscles of his right arm.
• Make sure to keep hips square and stacked and left foot flexed.
  — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
• One late-night host did flex the muscle.
  — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
• Keep your toes flexed towards you.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 18 June 2026
• Time to flex your stress-free music game.
  — PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
• Extend your left leg, foot flexed.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
• Daines asked to hold his hands, but Gabriel couldn’t flex his right hand.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
• Cassian sure does love to flex those giant wings of his.
  — Kirsten Acuna, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
• The heat dome will flex its muscles eastward over the next few days.
  — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
• Yet nature thrived in it—trees flexed, leaves feathered.
  — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2026
• Squeeze your butt, pull your shoulders back, and flex your triceps.
  — Greg Presto, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
• James flexed in front of teammates on the bench, who stood to give their approval.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
• Fingers are brandished; glutes are flexed.
  — Damian Garde, STAT, 5 Feb. 2026
• Tap your left heel on the floor, keep your right foot flexed up, and return to standing.
  — Alisha McDarris, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
• Tap right hand to outside of right ankle, flexing right obliques in the process.
  — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 17 May 2023
• Your hamstrings are a group of three muscles at the back of your thigh that flex your knee (bend it).
  — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 8 June 2026
• Hold for a few seconds, then flex the feet and extend the toes back toward your face.
  — Jennifer Klump, Verywell Health, 17 July 2026
• Two shirtless friends flanked her, flexing their arm muscles.
  — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
• Tight end Adam Trautman flexed back off the line of scrimmage.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
• Mahomes also flexed with a no-look pass to Rice later in the first half.
  — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
• Then McCain plowed through him, flexing as the ball bounced in.
  — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 23 May 2026
• And Andrew, who remains eighth in line to the throne, is flexing that.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Dec. 2025
• Try to flex an entry of 3+ picks to still receive some winnings if one leg doesn't hit.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
• This guy's flexing his biceps all the time, hoping someone will touch him.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 4 May 2023
• Seconds later, Smith skipped to the end zone stands, flexing to the crowd.
  — Kansas City Star, 26 Dec. 2025
• Broncos defense is starting to flex.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
• Gently point your toes, then flex your foot back to a 90-degree angle.
  — Kristen Fischer, Health, 17 Apr. 2026
• And China isn’t afraid to flex its dominance.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
• Flock has also sought to flex its political might.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
• Then they’re bolted on with just enough torque to flex and hold fast, even in the most severe turbulence.
  — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026

flex

2 of 2 noun

• What was the point of a flex that cost his team 15 yards?
  — Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• The caption was the kind of proud-dad flex that stops your scroll.
  — Ryan Brennan april 22, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
• In Cannes, that is the biggest flex of all.
  — John Ross, Vanity Fair, 18 May 2026
• Much of this season has been a subtle flex of her depth.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
• Below are the best watch flexes of the week.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 June 2026
• The defensive flex wasn’t a one-time thing.
  — Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
• On the scale of track-day flexes, air jacks is pretty high up there.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
• The awesomest flex is being you.
  — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2025
• As the heat out west briefly flexes toward us, highs rise to the mid-90s.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
• The credible flex is no longer a cool demo video or a robot dance.
  — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• And in a third, the gaunt 30-year-old killer flexes, purses his lips and squints.
  — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• Not many pieces in my wardrobe flex this easily between style and function.
  — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
• The four-way stretch spandex works in the back of the knee to promote a comfortable flex.
  — Jack Byram, Verywell Health, 15 Sep. 2023
• Working a part-time remote job is the ultimate flex.
  — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• The new photo is far more than a simple flex of Euclid’s power.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 June 2026
• The soft brim flexes easily, and the mesh panels dump heat during long miles.
  — Joe Jackson, Outside, 19 Nov. 2025
• Even more, its comfortable band flexes with your body without rolling up or digging in.
  — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
• At the top, Amorosi flexes with a howl, the kind of swagger that comes with having been there, done it.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2023
• Van Dyke was seated on a weight machine and matched the energy with a flex of his own.
  — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
• Sexyy spends most of the record in stunt mode, but her pedestrian flexes barely scan as bragging.
  — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
• Although wearing the real thing from the wilder days of drag racing would be the ultimate flex.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 8 Dec. 2020
• Each drive felt like a dare, each call a flex of newfound freedom — the swagger of a team once left for dead at 0-4.
  — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
• What is your biggest entertaining flex to impress guests?
  — Alyse Whitney, Saveur, 25 Mar. 2026
• These storylines are impressive flexes, and winning nods to the show’s niche.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 19 June 2023
• But the menu is ultimately the host’s call, making the choices very much a diplomatic flex.
  — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
• But these flexes are buoyed by wistful introspection.
  — Harry Thorfinn-George, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026
• Its slim profile hides a powerful flex that delivers instant response edge to edge.
  — Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
• The cork footbed cups your heel pad, while the platform material flexes to absorb impact.
  — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
• National headline writers clearly saw both as a major flex.
  — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
• Some of the crowd are pogoing, and the floor flexes dangerously like a trampoline.
  — Jackson Landers, SPIN, 8 June 2023