How to Use flatten in a Sentence

flatten

verb
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  • The team got flattened in the first round of the play-offs.
  • The boxer was flattened in the seventh round.
  • Dozens of houses were flattened by the tornado.
  • Prices are expected to flatten after the holiday shopping season.
  • Users add that the foam feels high-quality and doesn't flatten, even after months of use.
    — Kayla Hui, Health.com, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The compressible wrap can be flattened out to pack easily and be used as a blanket, too.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
  • More buildings appeared newly destroyed, and a part of the village had been flattened.
    — Lauren Leatherby, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Place a dough ball in one hand and flatten with the edge of your other palm to form a circle about 2 inches in diameter.
    — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
  • That took it from [a] performance and flattened it into a presentation.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
  • When Americans were forced to follow stay-at-home orders to help flatten the curve, many people turned to telework to stay productive.
    — Michael Plummer, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Daylight unveiled the full scale of destruction: homes flattened; roads inundated; cars flipped; trees toppled; and power lines felled.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Its grease-reducing properties remove heavy buildup that might otherwise flatten the roots, making hair look more voluminous and fuller post-shower.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The organization said volunteers would head toward Swannanoa, where homes have been flattened and roads are impassable.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Gather the dough together into a ball, flatten into a circle no less than 1 inch thick, cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour up to overnight.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Opting for a ground raid allowed the commandos to try to safely evacuate civilians from the building — something not possible in an airstrike, which might flatten the building.
    — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
  • But controlling for those problems shows that new cases in many of Alabama’s urban areas started to flatten, or even decline, earlier this month.
    — Ramsey Archibald | [email protected], al, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Identifying Boxelder Bugs Boxelder bug adults have red eyes and a charcoal grey or black oval, flattened body about ½-inch long with a few red lines forming a pattern on the back.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Last week offered some promising early signs of those trends, as the state’s weekly test positivity rate appeared to flatten and the rate of increase for hospitalizations began to slow.
    — Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 18 Jan. 2022
  • It was picked up and thrown across the yard and flattened.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 13 July 2024
  • This style of the jeans helps to both cinch the waist and flatten the stomach.
    — Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The first step was to flatten out the space in his pictures.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The tool helped flatten their learning curve, the study found.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Use the back of the spoon to flatten it into a round patty.
    — Vallery Lomas, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Trim the crusts off the bread slices and use a rolling pin to flatten each slice into a square.
    — Lynne Sherwin, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Rock your rolling pin back and forth over the parchment to flatten the dough.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2023
  • That’s kinda the main goal, to flatten out the swing a little bit.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
  • Flattening Lay the bar across the anvil's width to flatten its end.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Remove the sheet and bang it on the cooktop or counter to flatten the cookies.
    — Sarah Carey, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Place a piece of plastic wrap on top and use a meat mallet to flatten.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The rapid population growth San Ramon experienced in the first two decades of this century has flattened.
    — East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024

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