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Get to know Flail better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like thresh or beat.

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Flail | Flailing | Flailed | Flails

Flail meaning

  1. A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
  2. A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
  3. Part of a rotating device, often used for cutting vegetation.

Synonyms of Flail

thresh beat implement thrash lam beat up work over flap

Related words

Other words often associated with Flail or its synonyms:

agitate toss shake move slash convulse vex itinerary flapping instrumentation obligate scat

Using Flail

  • The main meaning on this page is: A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. | A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain. | Part of a rotating device, often used for cutting vegetation.
  • Useful related words include: thresh, beat, implement, thrash.
  • In the example corpus, flail often appears in combinations such as: to flail, flail about, flail and.

Context around Flail

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

rocket 1× hinged 1×

Often after:

away 1×

Sentence patterns with Flail

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a hinged flail on the 1× crook and flail are the 1× do is flail your arms 1× even to flail about in 1× of the flail is more 1× s rocket flail and whip 1× started to flail away at 1× stock could flail and struggle 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a nok sculpture 1× brigitte s rocket 1× it is yet 1× mcewan is so 1× nicholson 2000 p 1× nio stock could 1×

Common sentence endings:

amid sino u 1× arms and legs 1× body and arms 1× from the grain 1× in style anymore 1× lower egypt proposed 1×

Words around Flail

Just before it in the word index:

flaiano 3 flaherty 161 flaharty 2 flagstones 6 flagstone 19 flagstick 5

Just after it in the word index:

flailed 9 flailing 85 flails 9 flaim 3 flair 544 flairs 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Flail

  • In this selection, "flail" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, rocket, hinged and away stand out and add context to how "flail" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a hinged flail on the and crook and flail are the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "flail" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with flail

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

All you can do is flail your arms and legs. (10 words)

Nio stock could flail and struggle for a while amid Sino-U. (12 words)

Brigitte's Rocket Flail and Whip Shot are very good deterrents for any Sombra main, especially due to the range. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Regarding the association of Osiris with the ram, the god's traditional crook and flail are the instruments of the shepherd, which has suggested to some scholars also an origin for Osiris in herding tribes of the upper Nile. (39 words)

McEwan is so adept at capturing the mood of a moment (witness “Saturday,” published not long after the United States’ 2003 invasion of Iraq) that it was painful to watch him flail in It’s still so early. (38 words)

Vince got a small axe from the car and started to flail away at the tree, not making much headway, despite the fact that he was a huge man with big upper body and arms. (35 words)

Example sentences (11)

It is yet another reminder that cinema is locked in a corporate chokehold, robbing artists of the ability even to flail about in style anymore.

Nothing makes me giggle harder than, when watching when one ski slide out from underneath them, they flail about and then look around trying to figure out what happened.

Vince got a small axe from the car and started to flail away at the tree, not making much headway, despite the fact that he was a huge man with big upper body and arms.

All you can do is flail your arms and legs.

Brigitte's Rocket Flail and Whip Shot are very good deterrents for any Sombra main, especially due to the range.

Nio stock could flail and struggle for a while amid Sino-U.

McEwan is so adept at capturing the mood of a moment (witness “Saturday,” published not long after the United States’ 2003 invasion of Iraq) that it was painful to watch him flail in It’s still so early.

A Nok sculpture resident at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, portrays a sitting dignitary wearing a "Shepherds Crook" on the right arm, and a "hinged flail" on the left.

Nicholson (2000) p. 514 From March to May, farmers used sickles to harvest their crops, which were then threshed with a flail to separate the straw from the grain.

Regarding the association of Osiris with the ram, the god's traditional crook and flail are the instruments of the shepherd, which has suggested to some scholars also an origin for Osiris in herding tribes of the upper Nile.

The symbolism of the flail is more uncertain with shepherds whip, fly-whisk, or association with the god Andjety of the ninth nome of Lower Egypt proposed.

Common combinations with flail

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "flail" in a sentence?
An example: "It is yet another reminder that cinema is locked in a corporate chokehold, robbing artists of the ability even to flail about in style anymore." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "flail" from authentic English texts.
What does "flail" mean?
Flail means: A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
What are synonyms of "flail"?
Common synonyms of "flail" include: thresh, beat, implement, thrash, lam, beat up, work over, flap.
How many example sentences with "flail" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "flail", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.