flaps
Example Sentences
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His sculpture, in a shade of teal that’s surprisingly regal, spreads across the ground, flaps of steel straining to lift themselves just inches off the surface as a couple plates have effortfully pulled themselves upright.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Below us sheep graze in the fields and clothes flaps on a washing line in a back garden.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Three experts who spoke to BBC Verify suggested that the disaster may have occurred as the aircraft's flaps were not extended during take-off - though other pilots and analysts have challenged this.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025
The longma dropped lower, so that its hooves almost touched water, and hovered there, beating its wings in long, slow flaps.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
