flatten

Example Sentences

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The downtown flattened out to weedy lots strewn between plain brick and wooden clapboard buildings.

From Literature

He is making calming gestures, calming like I am a wild animal and he is a trainer, hands flattening the air.

From Literature

The increased automation of critical infrastructure has the effect of flattening understandings of the world and reproducing a single viewpoint.

From Salon

But then her little-girl curls flattened out while mine got curlier, and her features sharpened, turning her face beautiful instead of just cute.

From Literature

"It was a shock. It was an anxious wait to see the total extent of the damage but as people will see, the building is almost completely destroyed and I suspect it will get flattened."

From BBC