Wondering how to use Flaps in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as flap or airfoil.
Flaps meaning
A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips.
Using Flaps
- The main meaning on this page is: A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips.
- Useful related words include: flap, airfoil, aerofoil, control surface.
- In the example corpus, flaps often appears in combinations such as: the flaps, flaps and, flaps are.
Context around Flaps
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flaps
- In this selection, "flaps" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rna, short, long, involves, inhibits and deployed stand out and add context to how "flaps" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include combat while flaps are set and dubbed vulcano flaps her flippers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flaps" sits close to words such as abreast, accrue and adheres, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flaps
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Newswise — Flaps perform essential jobs. (5 words)
Great place for programming gear and flaps. (7 words)
Definitely header tanks & nosecone on SN5, hopefully flaps too. (9 words)
A few moments later, a gleaming white Airbus with its tail covered in the company’s distinctive brown logo soared overhead just a few hundred feet up, its wing flaps cranked all the way down and its motionless landing gear hanging like talons. (43 words)
The piece in question was a hooded gray jacket; although it lacked any of the futuristic, weatherproof materials prized by people who actually go outside, I was drawn to all the pockets—a festival of zippers, Velcro flaps, and mesh webbing. (41 words)
Full-span slats and flaps are used to increase lift both for landing and combat, with slats being set at 17° for landing and 7° for combat, while flaps are set at 35° for landing and 10° for combat. (39 words)
And Jerry Jones, who flaps his gums at every moment on every subject, is all of a sudden silent? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Cleavage of the RNA flaps involves either endonuclease 1 (FEN1) cleavage of short flaps, or coating of long flaps by the single-stranded DNA binding protein replication protein A (RPA) and sequential cleavage by Dna2 nuclease and FEN1.
Deployment of the jet’s flaps inhibits any automatic stabilizer trim movement, and a 737, like most passenger jets, will always take off and land with flaps deployed.
Full-span slats and flaps are used to increase lift both for landing and combat, with slats being set at 17° for landing and 7° for combat, while flaps are set at 35° for landing and 10° for combat.
Door seals can be a great place for mould to hide, so gently pulling back the rubber flaps can unveil anything which is stuck in it.
The piece in question was a hooded gray jacket; although it lacked any of the futuristic, weatherproof materials prized by people who actually go outside, I was drawn to all the pockets—a festival of zippers, Velcro flaps, and mesh webbing.
He flaps his feathery gills, disturbed at his own ignorance.
I look forward to the day we women can discuss our meat flaps and dangerous sleeves without the coy modesty of one-legged Victorian prostitutes.
Newswise — Flaps perform essential jobs.
The rehabilitated turtle — dubbed “Vulcano” — flaps her flippers energetically as she enters the azure waters and swims to freedom.
A few moments later, a gleaming white Airbus with its tail covered in the company’s distinctive brown logo soared overhead just a few hundred feet up, its wing flaps cranked all the way down and its motionless landing gear hanging like talons.
And Jerry Jones, who flaps his gums at every moment on every subject, is all of a sudden silent?
Be sure to get those mud flaps on sooner rather than later, whenever sooner is.
Definitely header tanks & nosecone on SN5, hopefully flaps too.
Great place for programming gear and flaps.
Morbius flaps its way into Irish cinemas from Friday 31 July.
She is particularly adorable in the 1953 Disney film, in which she flaps her ears to try and fly so she can follow the kids to Neverland.
Some pages have flaps, some have peek-through die-cuts.
The treatment works by clipping together portions of the leaflets, or flaps, of the mitral valve to reduce MR, which allows the heart to pump blood more efficiently, thereby relieving symptoms and improving a patient’s quality of life.
The wind is fierce, but the flag flaps and swirls, asserting its strength.
Two braided straps hung down from the ear flaps and ended in whimsical white pom poms, making for an eye-catching look.
Common combinations with flaps
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the flaps 10×
- flaps and 9×
- flaps are 8×
- with flaps 6×
- flaps that 6×
- and flaps 5×
- flaps of 5×
- ear flaps 5×
- flaps or 4×
- wing flaps 3×