How do you use Flapped in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Flapped meaning
simple past and past participle of flap
Using Flapped
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of flap
- In the example corpus, flapped often appears in combinations such as: flapped at, flapped it, he flapped.
Context around Flapped
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flapped
- In this selection, "flapped" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, blinds, dowd, sanchez, woakes, squealed and down stand out and add context to how "flapped" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as i flapped it stung and brazen bird flapped down and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flapped" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flapped
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Harder finds Ji, whose shot on the turn is flapped away by Baggaley. (13 words)
He stroked his chocolate, he flapped it, he made Gardner sniff it, he flanked it. (15 words)
Gerardo Parra did the Baby Shark chop, Sean Doolittle flapped snow angels next to the mound. (16 words)
Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different—but it's also equally possible that the set of conditions without the butterfly flapping its wings is the set that leads to a tornado. (42 words)
A police van idled and a single piece of yellow caution tape flapped from a nearby tree as Benjamin Vanbrackle pulled his shirt down to show the fresh scar that wrapped around his neck to the top of his chest. (40 words)
But it was then Perisic's turn go from hero to zero when he flapped an arm at a corner and, after a VAR review, Argentine referee Nestor Pitana awarded the 28th penalty of the tournament, another record. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
A bee came after me and as I flapped it stung me just above my left eyebrow.
He stroked his chocolate, he flapped it, he made Gardner sniff it, he flanked it.
It was dark in the bar, but the morning light came through as the blinds flapped in the wind.
Max O’Dowd flapped Woakes to mid-off to get things moving and David Willey had Colin Ackermann caught behind for a duck.
Michael Olise’s cross lacked power, but Sanchez flapped at the ball and spilled it goalwards for James Tomkins to score a tap-in.
PF5, the younger male brother, is said to have flapped, squealed and helicoptered from the nest to a perch and back before finally taking flight at 9.47am on Thursday.
While we flapped our little arms and legs as quickly as possible to reach the pool deck, Drew grabbed the heel of his little brother’s foot to keep him from getting to the finish line.
After keeper Diant Ramaj flapped at the set-piece, the ball was poked towards goal, striking Borna Sosa on the arm.
Lucy Stewart, 33, could not believe her eyes as the brazen bird flapped down and squatted on the head of Chloe, eight, as she sat down to eat the snack.
Harder finds Ji, whose shot on the turn is flapped away by Baggaley.
He squealed, flapped around, wouldn’t make eye contact, possessed a far-off look in his eye, and drooled excessively.
Looking like a Rasafarean-meets-circus-clown version of the Clown Prince of Crime, 's Joker went barefoot, sporting wild hair and baggy clothing that flapped in the air like a flag on the Fourth of July.
Alex Pritchard flashed a long range effort wide on seven minutes before Cavaleiro sent a curing effort wide a minute later after Kamil Grabara flapped at a cross.
A police van idled and a single piece of yellow caution tape flapped from a nearby tree as Benjamin Vanbrackle pulled his shirt down to show the fresh scar that wrapped around his neck to the top of his chest.
Gerardo Parra did the Baby Shark chop, Sean Doolittle flapped snow angels next to the mound.
Ross Mullin struck a rising drive over after Hearts goalkeeper Zdenek Zlamal flapped at Sean Kelly's corner before the same player volleyed wide from a Stewart cross.
But it was then Perisic's turn go from hero to zero when he flapped an arm at a corner and, after a VAR review, Argentine referee Nestor Pitana awarded the 28th penalty of the tournament, another record.
The Market dynamics consists of the Opportunities, Trends and Challenges that are effective for the global Flapped wing Industry.
Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different—but it's also equally possible that the set of conditions without the butterfly flapping its wings is the set that leads to a tornado.
When landing, the pigeon flapped its wings repeatedly before raising them at the moment of landing.
Common combinations with flapped
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- flapped at 4×
- flapped it 2×
- he flapped 2×
- flapped in 2×
- flapped its 2×