“His regular spot was left empty, the grass he would normally flatten sitting upright and proud.”

“While the city can request that residents flatten the boxes for recycling, the reality is that residents rarely comply as it is a bit difficult to manage.”

“Derek knew that he'd be able to flatten the loudmouth with a single blow, but he wasn't prepared to start a brawl in the house.”

“As the road flattens out you'll get a chance to appreciate views across the valley.”

“On the inhalation, the collarbones lift, the diaphragm flattens and descends, pushing out the belly, and the pelvic floor descends.”

“He is not a land artist, he flattens no grass and makes no patterns with twigs or boulders.”

“All this Taylor achieves with subtle elisions and slides and what are often the most fleeting of flatted notes.”

“With its visceral tritones and flatted seconds, the band's sound revolved more around the riff than the song.”

“I saw that life was not like books at all, but more like headlines-barroom brawls, a blues song sung with flatted notes.”