Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: flanks
IPA transcription: [fl'æŋks]
Pronunciations of flanks
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Usage examples
  • He whooped, and dug his heels into Star's flanks.
  • His feet touched and slipped upon its horrible sleek flanks.
  • His impatient horse leaped off, his hind flanks rising like wings--he seemed to devour all before him and to scorn all behind.
  • Through each settlement he walked Star quietly, but always ready to throw himself forward, dig his heels into the horse's flanks and race away.
  • Fighting with extreme obstinacy the Carthaginian centre was forced gradually back until they were again in a line with the Africans on their flanks.
  • Smolny was almost deserted, except for the guards, who were busy at the hall windows, setting up machine-guns to command the flanks of the building.
  • He wheeled round both his flanks, and the Africans, who had hitherto not struck a blow, now fell in perfect order upon the flanks of the Roman mass, while Hasdrubal with his victorious cavalry charged down like a torrent upon their rear.
  • The English fought desperately, but the odds of seven to one were too great, and they would have been overpowered had not the other two divisions arrived on the spot and fallen upon the enemy's flanks. After a severe and prolonged struggle the Genoese and Spaniards were completely routed.
  • It was the middle of the afternoon when the last shot was fired, and the Southern army at its leisure resumed its march toward Corinth, protected on the flanks by its cavalry, and carrying with it the assurance that although not victorious over two armies it had been victorious over one, and had struck the most stunning blow yet known in American history.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Battle of Fredericksburg, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Common chiffchaff, License CC BY-SA 4.0