How to Use flatten in a Sentence

flatten

verb

• The team got flattened in the first round of the play-offs.
• The boxer was flattened in the seventh round.
• Dozens of houses were flattened by the tornado.
• Prices are expected to flatten after the holiday shopping season.
• It was picked up and thrown across the yard and flattened.
  — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 13 July 2024
• This style of the jeans helps to both cinch the waist and flatten the stomach.
  — Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• The first step was to flatten out the space in his pictures.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
• The tool helped flatten their learning curve, the study found.
  — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 25 Apr. 2023
• To store, flatten the bags and place them in a plastic bag or box.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2021
• Use the back of the spoon to flatten it into a round patty.
  — Vallery Lomas, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
• To do what is necessary to stop the spike, to flatten the curve, to save lives.
  — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2021
• Trim the crusts off the bread slices and use a rolling pin to flatten each slice into a square.
  — Lynne Sherwin, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
• Rock your rolling pin back and forth over the parchment to flatten the dough.
  — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2023
• That’s kinda the main goal, to flatten out the swing a little bit.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
• Flattening Lay the bar across the anvil's width to flatten its end.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
• Remove the sheet and bang it on the cooktop or counter to flatten the cookies.
  — Sarah Carey, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
• The hills fold and flatten, the sky widens, and the fields of brush and cattle ranches stretch outward.
  — Outside Online, 21 Mar. 2022
• Shoppers say the thick pile doesn't flatten out over time, too.
  — Lily Gray, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• Just unfold the rug and smooth it out, and the creases will flatten within about a week.
  — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2023
• If the bread is curled at the edges, put a sheet pan over it and press it down gently to flatten it just a bit.
  — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
• The other video shows door handles flattened against the body of the car, likely to aid in aero to boost EV range.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2023
• Place a piece of plastic wrap on top and use a meat mallet to flatten.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2024
• Add the sweet potatoes, season with salt, and press down to flatten.
  — Janelle Bitker, Tanay Warerkar, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Nov. 2021
• Form the dough into a round ball, then flatten it into a disc.
  — Time, 12 Aug. 2021
• What to Consider: Expect the foam to flatten with use and time.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
• The bus — carrying 44 children and four adults — hit a rock, causing the rim to bend and the tire to flatten.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2022
• The attack flattened the building and killed Ramthan, his wife, and five of their six children.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
• Israeli airstrikes flattened mosques over the heads of worshipers.
  — Ameera Harouda, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• My biggest complaint is that the tank and the tee did flatten my chest a bit, and a bra would definitely show through the material.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024
• Spatchcocking is the process of flattening a bird after removing the backbone.
  — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Jan 2025