flute

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Recent Examples of flute Opt for a vanity that works with your existing decor and has furniture-like details like cane, fluting, and turned legs. Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025 The Perpetual 1908 is housed in a 39mm yellow gold case with a domed and fluted bezel. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025 In 75 minutes – in fluting, soaring voices, to music by Jan Ekedahl – 35 singers carry us to Stockholm and back. Maggie Lewis Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024 The points were fluted and came in various sizes, often used on projectiles like spears. Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for flute
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flute
Verb
  • Performers milled around the crowd, dancing, delivering short monologues and posing in specific formations to cast their shadows just so.
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Rock outfit Thelma and Louise performed a litany of rock songs and ’90s standards while guests milled about eating some of Orange County’s best fare.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hubbard and Baack filed a lawsuit in federal court in June 2024, arguing that yoga is not a commercial service but a form of expressive activity protected by the First Amendment.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The station chief filed a complaint with the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General, charging that Manes had unfairly dismissed him, among other allegations.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Planning laws also resulted in the north and east faces of the tower being chamfered, presumably to ensure views and sunlight weren't blocked in key areas.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The body of the A6 looks as solid as a block of granite that's been chiseled and chamfered to knock off the sharp edges.
    Fred M.H. Gregory, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
Verb
  • In the distance, cows grazed on rolling meadows.
    Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The menswear designer's ensemble consisted of a knee-grazing black cardigan with a contrasting denim collar and button trim, matching black pants and black leather loafers.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Flute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flute. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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