How to Use flexor in a Sentence

flexor

noun
  • It’s the brachialis muscle, the prime flexor of your arm.
    David Otey, Men's Health, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The Pistons ruled him out of the game with a left hip flexor strain.
    Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The hip flexors, psoas included, get a lot of wear and tear in and out of the gym.
    Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Santana has a Grade 1 hip flexor strain and is day-to-day.
    Kristie Rieken, Chron, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Sale missed a month of the 2014 season with a flexor muscle strain in his left arm.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Gordon needs more time to heal from a strained left hip flexor.
    George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Leiter had missed the first 6 1/2 weeks of the season because of a flexor strain in his right arm.
    Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 16 May 2018
  • Paxton dealt with a left flexor strain while with the Yankees in 2020.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Aaron Gordon didn't play against the Heat because of a hip flexor.
    Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Toenails are for losers The rain picked up around mile 10, and so did the pain in my knees, my left heel, my hip flexors and more.
    The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2023
  • One, Desmond Bane, has been dealing with a strained right hip flexor.
    Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Cespedes has missed the last 20 games with an injury the team lists as a mild strain of the right hip flexor.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 June 2018
  • He was sidelined for a couple of weeks with a right hip flexor strain.
    Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 12 July 2019
  • Aaron Gordon didn't play with a strained left hip flexor.
    Matt Goul, cleveland.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Beaty was placed on the 10-day injured list June 5, retroactive to June 3, with a left hip flexor strain.
    Jorge Castillo, latimes.com, 10 June 2019
  • Follow with a stretch of your calves, quads, hamstrings glutes and hip flexors.
    NBC News, 3 Sep. 2017
  • The next day he was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right flexor pronator muscle strain.
    Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2019
  • He has been sidelined since May 30 with a flexor strain in his right elbow.
    Matt Gelb, Philly.com, 6 July 2017
  • For: Hip flexor strength and knee drive required when running at a fast pace.
    Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 7 July 2020
  • The psoas is a hip flexor that connects the spine to the femur, Lettenberger says.
    Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Movement in the hip flexors (on the front of the body) and the hip extensors (on the back of the body) should initiate from the the femur bones in the upper thighs rather than the pelvis.
    Anthea Levi, Health.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Yankees: CF Aaron Hicks went on the 10-day injured list with a flexor strain in his right elbow.
    Mike Fitzpatrick, courant.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • The 23-year-old, one of Chicago's top prospects, has been out since suffering a torn right hip flexor on May 2.
    Matt Carlson, Star Tribune, 19 July 2021
  • Topa spent the first half of the season on the IL after suffering a right flexor strain in spring training.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The former forced me to hold my core tight while the latter managed both to stretch my hip flexors and work my hamstrings.
    Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Kiké Hernández, who last played on June 7, should return soon from a hip flexor strain.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2022
  • This increases mobility in the hip flexors, strength in the legs, strength in the arms and trains your body to sit back in a chair with the spine in a straight line.
    Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 22 Apr. 2020
  • That’s why, to take one example, tight quads and hip flexors in runners can cause knee pain.
    Kylie Gilbert, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Linebacker Duke Riley missed the workout with a hip flexor and a groin injury.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2019
  • Friday was just Paschall’s third game since March 15 and his first since April 2, because of a hip flexor injury.
    Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 2021

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