How to Use flexion in a Sentence

flexion

noun

• Ankle flexion, ability to get in and out (of breaks)?
  — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
• Use wrist flexion to unroll the string until the weight nearly touches the ground.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• Getting your abs to drive into the spine in full flexion is essential for building ab strength.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 9 Sep. 2022
• Excessive use of knee flexion, or bending, at the knee can tire out the patellar tendon.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 22 Apr. 2023
• Strong hip flexion allows for that proper high knee position that translates to a longer stride.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
• Researchers have said that this shows a connection between spinal flexion and disc damage.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 18 Dec. 2019
• Stand with your feet parallel in front of the platform, bend your knees, and jump up, landing with your hips and knees in flexion.
  — Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 20 Dec. 2024
• Langford’s design is a perfect flexion of the club’s vibe, screen printed on black heavy canvas.
  — Tracy Swartz, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2020
• Guide the moving thigh into flexion, bringing the knee into the chest as much as is comfortable.
  — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022
• Yoga poses that focus on putting the spine in flexion or a forward bending movement should be avoided.
  — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
• In healthy legs — those with an intact Achilles — a squeeze of the calf will trigger plantar flexion, and the toes will point downward.
  — Matt Villano, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
• Your hamstrings are involved in both knee flexion and hip extension, says Borden.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 10 Oct. 2018
• The boot has toothy lugs built into the base for traction, and the flexion of the boot allows your full footstrike to benefit from the grip.
  — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
• Some buyers report the tongue is a bit too long for comfort in some angles of deeper ankle flexion like the bottom of a squat.
  — Men's Health, 25 Feb. 2023
• The subtle drop allows for a slight heel elevation to take stress off of the lower legs and increase knee flexion in the toe-off.
  — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
• For long-term wear, the splint can be used during rest periods and removed when performing tasks that require flexion.
  — Lindsay Modglin, Health, 28 Mar. 2023
• With linear training, the focus is on training only flexion and extension of the hip.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
• The difference between flexion and extension comes down to joint angle.
  — Men's Health, 6 Dec. 2022
• The athlete then advised people to work on their range of motion by doing full flexion and extension every day.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
• At the end of the trial, the exercise group showed greater improvements in the side-step and sitting trunk flexion tests than the control group.
  — Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
• The Swing phase starts with rapid hip, knee, and ankle flexion to clear the foot from the ground, the knee then rapidly extends to prepare for the next step.
  — Popular Science, 22 May 2020
• This is a highly durable shoe built with Gore-tex Surround, which lets the membrane adapt to the flexion and contours of the footwear.
  — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2024
• The study results led to a recommendation of a bent-shaft shovel for the purpose of reducing trunk flexion.
  — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2010
• Your calves help bend your knees and are responsible for lifting the heel, a movement called plantar flexion (think of toeing when rock climbing).
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
• Twitchy first-step quickness combined with flexion and power in his lower half create a recipe for disruption as a gap shooter or as a pass rusher.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
• Pelvic tilt, 5-10 reps This movement opens up the spine with a gentle flexion and extension motion.
  — NBC News, 12 Jan. 2018
• No matter the exact nature of the flexion point or its attendant dilemmas, this lack of certainty as to the next step in your career can be a crucible.
  — Paul Blanchard, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2021
• The pig spines studied were subjected to many thousands of flexion and extension cycles, Schoenfeld points out.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 18 Dec. 2019
• The curved sole is designed to reduce ankle flexion and provide a shock-absorbing landing zone, helping your legs feel less fatigued after a long run.
  — Amy Stanford, Health, 10 July 2023
• Accelerating down the runway will put some flexion into the wings, likely giving them a bit of a flapping quality as the plane takes off.
  — Michael Belfiore, Popular Mechanics, 17 Apr. 2012