FLANK in a Sentence

Learn FLANK from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

100 example sentences for FLANK, such as:

1. He put his hand on the dog's flank.
2. Our orders are to attack their left flank.
3. The road is flanked with trees and flowers.
4. The sun lit up the western flank of the hill.
5. The president was flanked by senior ministers.

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 Meanings and Examples of FLANK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
flank
 v.  put something on each side of
Classic Sentence: (89 in 6 pages)
1  In the second file from the right flank, beside which the carriage passed the company, a blue-eyed soldier involuntarily attracted notice.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
2  Rostov patted the horse's neck and then his flank, and lingered for a moment.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
3  Dolokhov had come from the left flank where their regiment was stationed, with his captain.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XV
4  Having ridden round the whole line from right flank to left, Prince Andrew made his way up to the battery from which the staff officer had told him the whole field could be seen.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
5  Our right flank was posted on a rather steep incline which dominated the French position.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
6  He imagined only important possibilities: "If the enemy attacks the right flank," he said to himself, "the Kiev grenadiers and the Podolsk chasseurs must hold their position till reserves from the center come up."
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
7  In that case the dragoons could successfully make a flank counterattack.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
8  Prince Bagration ordered two battalions from the center to be sent to reinforce the right flank.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
9  Prince Bagration, having reached the highest point of our right flank, began riding downhill to where the roll of musketry was heard but where on account of the smoke nothing could be seen.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVIII
10  The attack of the Sixth Chasseurs secured the retreat of our right flank.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
11  Bagration had sent Zherkov to the general commanding that left flank with orders to retreat immediately.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
12  The command of the left flank belonged by seniority to the commander of the regiment Kutuzov had reviewed at Braunau and in which Dolokhov was serving as a private.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
13  But the command of the extreme left flank had been assigned to the commander of the Pavlograd regiment in which Rostov was serving, and a misunderstanding arose.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
14  The troops of the left flank, infantry and hussars alike, felt that the commander did not himself know what to do, and this irresolution communicated itself to the men.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
15  Our fugitives returned, the battalions re-formed, and the French who had nearly cut our left flank in half were for the moment repulsed.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XX
Example Sentence:
1  Our orders are to attack their left flank.
2  They decided to attack their enemy's southern flank.
3  They turned the right flank of the enemy troop.
4  The sun lit up the western flank of the hill.
5  The assault element, led by Captain Ramirez, opened up from their right flank.
6  He put his hand on the dog's flank.
7  The soldiers attacked the left flank of the enemy.
8  Tien An Men Square is flanked by the Great Hall of the People and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution.
9  The president was flanked by senior ministers.
10  The road is flanked with trees and flowers.
11  The Spirit of Gosport will also be flanked on either side by two historic vessels from the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust.