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"Flex" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... evidence of recent use. But a glance into the mirror that hung on the door not only convinced him of his identity, but added the comforting assurance that he was not by any means looking his worst in his present garb. He paused long enough to flex a presentable ...
— The Honorable Percival • Alice Hegan Rice
... side. The arms being longer than the Chimpanzee, it does not stoop as much in walking; like that animal, it makes progression by thrusting its arms forward, resting the hands on the ground, and then giving the body a half jumping half swinging motion between them. In this act it is said not to flex the fingers, as does the Chimpanzee, resting on its knuckles, but to extend them, making a fulcrum of the hand. When it assumes the walking posture, to which it is said to be much inclined, it balances its huge body by flexing ...
— Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature • Thomas H. Huxley
... She stood perfectly erect, also, and moved with a fine stride, and the lines of her shoulders, even under a rough gray shirtwaist, were strong and graceful. Though not skilled in analyzing a woman's "outfit," the ranger divined that she wore no corset, for the flex of her powerful waist was like that of ...
— They of the High Trails • Hamlin Garland
... while lifting the doctor into the wagon, there was a second hemorrhage. Even the sick man found it difficult to maintain his cheery insouciance. Susan looked pinched, her tongue seemed hardened to the consistency of leather that could not flex for the ready utterance of words. The entire sum of her consciousness was focused on her father. "Breakfast?"—with a blank glance at the speaker—"is it breakfast time?" The men cooked for her and brought her a cup of coffee and her plate of food. She set them on the driver's seat, and when ...
— The Emigrant Trail • Geraldine Bonner |
Words linked to "Flex" : flexion, angle, deform, tilt, fawn, stoop, arc, flexure, bow, slant, crawl, replicate, crook, retroflex, move, double, draw in, curl up, crank, crouch, lean, contract, flash, swank, gnarl, bend, dent, grovel, curve, curl |
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