Explore Flexor through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like extensor. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Flexor meaning
A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
Synonyms of Flexor
Using Flexor
- The main meaning on this page is: A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
- Useful related words include: flexor muscle, skeletal muscle, striated muscle, extensor.
- In the example corpus, flexor often appears in combinations such as: the flexor, hip flexor, flexor digitorum.
Context around Flexor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flexor
- In this selection, "flexor" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hip, deep, plantar, tendon, attaches and injury stand out and add context to how "flexor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hip flexor injury and a hip flexor problem. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flexor" sits close to words such as aarhus, abdu and abetted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flexor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An important plantar flexor, it is crucial for ballet dancing. (10 words)
The thumb has one long flexor and a short flexor in the thenar muscle group. (15 words)
Duffy was acquired at the trade deadline in 2021 despite having a flexor tendon injury. (15 words)
The Orioles opened a spot on their 40-man roster by transferring right-handed reliever Dillon Tate (right elbow flexor strain) to the 60-day injured list, a move that Hyde said was procedural and did not reflect a change in Tate’s health. (44 words)
Dodgers: INF David Freese (left hamstring strain) did some running before the game and is on target to return Sept. 1. … LHP Rich Hill (flexor tendon strain) will throw a bullpen session Saturday with a full mix of pitches. (39 words)
A magnetic resonance imaging exam revealed a strain in Torres’s right hip flexor, and Boone’s optimism — he had said he was “excited” by a mid-game report that Torres would be O.K. — turned to worry. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The deep flexor attaches to the distal phalanx, and the superficial flexor attaches to the middle phalanx.
The plantar tendon on the front (flexor perforans digitorum) splits into two sections, and enters the front toes while the hind plantar (flexor longus hallucis) splits and enters the hind toes.
The thumb has one long flexor and a short flexor in the thenar muscle group.
Buehler had Tommy John surgery for a second time and a flexor tendon repair on his pitching elbow last August.
Duffy was acquired at the trade deadline in 2021 despite having a flexor tendon injury.
The 36-year-old Spaniard said he had still not recovered full fitness from the hip flexor injury he sustained in the Australian Open in January and which saw him miss this week’s Monte Carlo Open.
The Orioles opened a spot on their 40-man roster by transferring right-handed reliever Dillon Tate (right elbow flexor strain) to the 60-day injured list, a move that Hyde said was procedural and did not reflect a change in Tate’s health.
But the forearm started to stiffen early the next year, and he was diagnosed with a strained flexor tendon, and by early June he was on Dr. Christopher Ahmad’s operating table.
Regina was 2-for-7 … Prospect Matthew Kieper backed up Buskey in place of Danton Belluk (hip flexor).
The Los Angeles Angels pitcher and designated hitter was diagnosed with a “grade 1-2 strain of the flexor pronator mass,” the team announced Monday, and will be shut down for four-to-six weeks.
And, following his return after a troublesome hip flexor issue, the 25-year-old believes he now equipped to fight for a starting spot.
Dodgers: INF David Freese (left hamstring strain) did some running before the game and is on target to return Sept. 1. … LHP Rich Hill (flexor tendon strain) will throw a bullpen session Saturday with a full mix of pitches.
Jordan Flores was the only absentee for Vinny Perth’s side with a hip flexor problem.
The Eagles added cornerback to the injury report, listing him as questionable with a hip flexor injury.
A magnetic resonance imaging exam revealed a strain in Torres’s right hip flexor, and Boone’s optimism — he had said he was “excited” by a mid-game report that Torres would be O.K. — turned to worry.
An important plantar flexor, it is crucial for ballet dancing.
Because the tendons of the flexor digitorum longus run between these tendons, the brevis is sometimes called perforatus.
Deep flexor muscles straighten the terminal phalanges, so the claws protrude from their sheaths, and the soft "velvety" paw becomes suddenly converted into a formidable weapon.
Except for being an adductor, it is a lateral rotator and weak flexor of the hip joint.
Flexor digitorum brevis arise inferiorly on the calcaneus and its three tendons are inserted into the middle phalanges of digits two to four (sometimes also the fifth digit).
Common combinations with flexor
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: