Past tense of flex
regular verb
The past tense of flex is flexed. The past participle is also flexed.
Forms of flex
| Base form (V1) | flex /flɛks/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | flexed /flɛkst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | flexed /flɛkst/ |
| Present participle | flexing /ˈflɛksɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | flexes /ˈflɛksɪz/ |
Flexed in a sentence
- What do you think, Miss Fox?" He flexed impressive biceps.1994, Elise Title, Body Heat, page 189
- "I don't know where," I flexed on him with my height advantage, "you getting all this 'soft' bullshit from, dawg, but you just keep fuckin around.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 108
- The muscularity in his forearm was visible as he flexed his fingers.From the entry muscularity
- Longitudinal color Doppler ultrasound of the same joint in a slightly flexed position shows marked paraarticular hyperemia.2015, James F. Griffith, Diagnostic Ultrasound, page 6. From the entry paraarticular
- A timid and gentlesome frog approached her, gravely bowed in a groove below her flexed kneecap.2005, Jeremy Hoemsen, Okanagan University College, Bible Prophecies Revealed. From the entry gentlesome
Meaning of flex
- noun Flexibility, pliancy.
- noun An act of flexing.
- noun Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
Questions about the past tense of flex
- What is the past tense of flex?
- The past tense of flex is flexed.
- What is the past participle of flex?
- The past participle of flex is flexed.
- Is flex a regular or irregular verb?
- Flex is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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