How to Use flow in a Sentence

flow

1 of 2 verb

• She opened the faucet and the water began to flow freely.
• The grain flowed smoothly down the elevator chute.
• Requests have flowed into the office.
• Traffic has been flowing smoothly from east to west.
• Money has continued to flow in.
• Like last week, her loose curls are flowing down to her waist.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Nov. 2023
• More than 3 billion years ago, rivers of lava flowed on the moon.
  — WIRED, 8 Nov. 2023
• The river flows into Iliamna Lake on the lake’s north shore.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Our bridges connect, our people unite, and our love flows like the mighty Ohio.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2023
• The dining room also flows into the 146-square-foot main kitchen.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
• Pair with trousers or even a flowing maxi skirt for a chic winter look.
  — Samantha Booth, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
• The flowing creek beside the farm has never run dry in the decades that Cirone has been farming.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• With so much water flowing in the mountains, wet feet are hard to avoid.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• Some sections build up ice shelves, but the creek is still flowing and the fish are still biting.
  — Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• Since childhood, the word 'love' has flowed easily from the tongue of Iesha Morgan.
  — Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2024
• The living room flows into an open-plan kitchen and dining area.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
• Dressed in all black, the actor looked glamorous with her hair flowing around her.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 17 Aug. 2023
• But the vitality of the place flows from the same density of people.
  — Karrie Jacobs, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2023
• Ruth is raising Lily, but the care flows in the other direction as well.
  — Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
• By the time fall rolls around, hot apple cider is flowing like a river across the Northeast.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
• There will be games in which Durant attempts more shots just based on how the game is flowing.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
• Spring creeks tend to be weedy with flowing green plants like elodea and watercress.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
• To this day, when there are heavy rains and too much water flows into the sewers, raw sewage flows into the canal.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
• Okay, so those lyrics don’t exactly flow, let alone rhyme.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2023
• Rafting, canoeing, and kayaking Over 100 miles of the slow moving Rio Grande flows through the park.
  — Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• How many jobs are likely to flow to it as a result of work done by someone who, after all, left the place?
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• The Carveys Friday thanked everyone for the support that had flowed in since Dex's death.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Nov. 2023
• Twice a day, water flows to the public taps in Mumtaz’s neighborhood, once in the early morning and once in the evening.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Then, the mood lightened, the evening progressed and reggaeton, wine and conversation flowed until the late hours of the night.
  — Mahira Rivers, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• Little of that money has flowed down to data workers in India, Kenya, and the Philippines.
  — Time, 27 July 2023

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flow

2 of 2 noun

• The doctor was trying to stop the flow of blood.
• We want to encourage the free flow of ideas.
• We've been receiving a constant flow of phone calls.
• Then the flow of homes hitting the market ground to a near-halt.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• That said, huge fans are set up at the front and back of the open-air market, so there is some air flow.
  — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• But Sporting regained control of the match’s flow and appeared to do enough to ride out the win.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2024
• The maxi skirt offers great coverage and comes with a side slit to let more air flow through.
  — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 11 June 2023
• Its abandonment left the value of the ruble at the mercy of trade flows.
  — Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2024
• Near and north of the storm’s center, onshore flow will pile water against the coastline.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• This is a film in which the principals seem to control the flow of information and the tone.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
• The 10-track record pairs Conway’s rubbery flow with Wun Two’s dark and woozy beats, fit for a lo-fi, cult noir flick.
  — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 22 Dec. 2023
• Inevitably, their rate of creation slows and the flow of ideas becomes a trickle.
  — Time, 23 June 2023
• This is when a blood clot travels to the brain and interrupts blood flow and deprives the brain of oxygen.
  — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 31 Aug. 2023
• The Big Hole has long been subject to warm temperatures and low flows in the summer.
  — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• In the process, the 48-year-old developed a new relationship with her own flow.
  — Amy Wilkinson, Women's Health, 29 May 2023
• So grab your workout set, yoga block, towel, and get your flow on.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
• There is something about the unknown that is exciting — going with the flow.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 3 Sep. 2023
• That’s because the bloc needs a steady flow of Moscow’s diesel to global markets to keep prices stable.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
• In 2021, one study even showed a reduction of blood flow through the brain during vigilance.
  — Matthew Robison, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
• The major arteries that supply the heart with blood and oxygen get plugged up with a clot, causing a block in flow.
  — Christopher Desimone, M.d., Ph.d. Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• The kinesis of the river, a question of the color and the motion of the water flow, is always hypnotic.
  — Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• The talent and swagger and thrust of the Corvette flow from a philosophy that is very much different from the others.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023
• Pressure on the veins partially blocks blood flow, keeping fluid in your legs and feet.
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 17 Oct. 2023
• The price of Shell stocks have hit record highs, buoyed by the prospect that the war’s expansion could disrupt Middle East oil production and trade flows.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023
• There is a dip in the jet stream over the eastern part of the United States, providing a southerly flow of humid air, and there’s a big ridge out west with lots of heat.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• Invest in a roll of craft paper and a few bottles of paint, then let your creativity flow.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2023
• Any pause in hostilities would be used to try to rapidly increase the flow of aid into Gaza.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• Bake until firm to the touch and lightly browned, then cool on a rack for good air flow to eliminate excess moisture.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023
• More than pitting one country’s tech sector against the other, a free flow of people means a free flow of ideas, tech progress, and knowledge.
  — Semyon Dukach, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
• Cerna said the flow of migrants over the years has left clothes strewn across his 24-acre property and smugglers have broken gates to let the migrants through.
  — John C. Moritz, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024