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The phrase "a flex of the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe a display of strength, confidence, or skill, often in a casual or informal manner.
Example: "He made a flex of the muscles during the competition, showcasing his hard work and dedication."
Alternatives: "a show of" or "a display of".
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I put one bag on my lap, another around my neck with my keys in my mouth, as I click the lock button with a flex of the jaw.
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Is this one reason why the US is talking about an attack on Iraq - a flexing of the military biceps to distract from flabby intelligence?
When the shaped ski is tipped on its edge and pressured with a flexing of the ankles and knees, the sidecut carves a definitive, C-shaped turn in the snow.
At that time, those with their field artillery positioned on the commanding heights of Western economies sold us the line that all we were seeing was a flexing of the Gulf rulers' muscles, entirely to be anticipated in the post-colonial era, and so nothing to fret about.
(A ) Flexing of the beta sheet coupled with motion of alpha 2 in comparisons of no-nucleotide and ATP-bound conformations of microtubule-attached kinesin (this work).
I looked the buffalo straight in the eye and with a flex of my muscles, I charged like the warrior I had trained to be, sprinting and screaming with the spear ready to strike.
Third set, Nadal* leads Berdych 6-3, 7-5, 4-3: With a shuffle of feet and a flex of forearm, Rafa Nadal scurries into the backhand side to lash a lethal south-paw forehand, inside-out, to the far corner of the court.
The demonstrations certainly reflect a more tolerant state, but also a flexing of muscle on the part of a previously quiescent people who are frustrated with poverty and lack of development.
This summer, though, has also brought a flexing of muscle by the Premier League's middle class.
For the dynamic mode operation the laser has to be positioned and focussed on a flex point of the cantilever.
This was not a retreat from Celine's presence in the contemporary fashion conversation, but the opposite – a flexing of fashion muscle which underlined the power Celine now has.
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