Sentence examples for a string of flat from inspiring English sources

Lynette Holloway (NYT) BRONX: A STRING OF FLAT TIRES -- A broken structure in the roadway of the Willis Avenue Bridge gave many drivers flat tires last night, the police said.

Like most cycling Grand Tours do, the beginning of the 2009 Giro included a string of flat stages that were contested by sprinters.

"Top this, Walt Disney," I thought smugly as the path petered out and we climbed aboard a string of flat-bottomed boats that would take us to our turnaround point -- a pitch-black tunnel to Hades, apparently.

It's the latest setback for the struggling computer maker, where a string of acquisitions have fallen flat.

An anonymous review of Poems in Two Volumes in 1807 had a less positive opinion about "I travell'd": "Another string of flat lines about Lucy is succeeded by an ode to Duty".

His speech was a litany of promises on a string of issues and mostly fell flat.

Sales at Majestic stores open at least a year were up a bit, and "adjusted" profits were flat, although a string of one-offs meant the headline pre-tax figure was down sharply.

I had seen him in the Times Magazine, posing in tweeds and a flat cap with a string of dead pheasants.

The cisternae are flat; they contain a string of calsequestrin beads and are lined by a row of feet, or RyRs, on the side facing the exterior membranes.

Including the Innovent transaction, Broadcom, based in Irvine, Calif., has spent close to $900 million this year to buy a string of smaller companies, also adding technology for flat-panel computer displays and high-speed graphics.

The Atlantic is as flat as a mirror, melting into a cloudless sky with a string of lilac Hebridean isles between.