| I saw that life was not like books at all, but more like headlines-barroom brawls, a blues song sung with flatted notes. |
| The mass firing of managers and supervisors prior to the start of the process considerably flatted the hierarchical structure. |
| One piece includes blues-like flatted thirds written as D-sharps and a few later pieces involve E-flat and B-flat accidentals that suggest dominant seventh harmony. |
| The motor shaft is flatted behind the centrifugal switch, close to the motor end bell. |
| To fulfill certain theoretical and aesthetic rules, B was sometimes flatted and, later, F was sometimes sharped. |
| Unfortunately, the bike I had didn't have any rear suspension and I flatted after only 10 seconds on the course. |
