How to Use flipper in a Sentence

flipper

noun

• The south gate acts as the head and the west and east gates as the flippers.
  — Story, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
• Saba will move on to the next deal, like a house flipper.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• The war over bat flips is, for the most part, done, and the flippers have won.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 11 June 2019
• One of them wore only trunks, flippers and a snorkel mask most of the day.
  — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 9 Sep. 2017
• Each front flipper has one claw; the back flippers may have one or two.
  — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026
• Each front flipper has one claw, while the back flippers may have one or two.
  — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
• Elio weighs about 30 pounds and now sports a red tag on his left front flipper.
  — Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2021
• Each of the front flippers has one claw while the back flippers may have one or two.
  — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
• Zahler trapped it on a flipper, aimed, flipped, and then watched as his hopes vanished.
  — Bill Lascher, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2020
• Fishing line was wound around her right flipper and ran into her mouth.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
• Here are a 13 facts about one-half of our favorite house flippers.
  — Eileen Reslen, Good Housekeeping, 4 Jan. 2018
• The adorable penguin flaps its flippers and dances, bobbing from side to side.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
• Around the time the flippers revved up a year later, home prices resumed their rise.
  — Peter Rudegeair, WSJ, 19 June 2019
• Whale song, the splashing of flippers, the flashing of flukes.
  — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
• The plastic was wrapped around one front and one hind flipper, and left her struggling.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Left hand controls red gates, flippers, and more, while the right controls the blue ones.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
• Another sign that a flipper is reputable is a clean and tidy job site.
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 25 May 2023
• The donuts kept breaking in half on the flipper part of the Robot.
  — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit, 19 Sep. 2017
• One of the students hit a switch and the flippers made a paddling motion.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• Even down a flipper, she’s expected to be able to manage in the wild.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
• The turtle had fishing line wound around her right flipper and into her mouth.
  — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• But the learning curve for a first-time home flipper can be expensive.
  — R.a. Schuetz, Houston Chronicle, 19 Sep. 2019
• Knobs on the edges of whale flippers help the animals swim in tight circles.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
• Each enormous flipper can measure half the length of a telephone pole.
  — Elin Kelsey, Smithsonian, 18 Aug. 2017
• The future is much more than just plywood and flipper switches.
  — Peter Rugg, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2017
• In fact, as with Porkchop, it was wound tightly around her front right flipper.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
• Don’t make the mistake that many flippers do; resist the urge to throw down plastic turf.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
• Her flippers, each more than two feet long, scooped out sand and flung it to her sides in slow, determined strokes.
  — M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
• One night, a nesting turtle crawled back toward the surf with a large hook stuck in her front flipper.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Scott Disick‘s children are scoring huge now that their dad is a big-time house flipper.
  — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2019