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flipper - use in sentences
Converse of object
- have: Like Kevin, I remember them having flippers in the opening sequence.
- use: Finally there is a rather bizarre game where you have to bounce the ball up a tube using flippers on the sides.
- wear: He would have them do kick sets wearing flippers.
- tag: Kenn is self feeding and is due to be wormed and flipper tagged.
- work: Our favorite game, for a long while, was a pinball game which used the ALT keys to work the flippers.
- find: Find out where you can find a friendly Flipper - full details Bring on the summer!
Adjective modifier
- hind: The pup, a weaned male, had several deep wounds on the back of its head, its back and hind flippers.
- rear: Minor wound on rear flipper, about the size of a one penny piece.
- left: The lower numbered tag is secured to the left flipper.
- front: Seals either use no limbs for moving on land or solely their front flippers, using their hind limbs for swimming.
- right: Some skin loss on the leading edge of the right pectoral flipper.
- back: They swim by moving their back flippers from side to side.
Modifies a noun
- tag: Unfortunately the animal care team have been unable to identify him from the previous year due to losing his flipper tag.
- coil: The following diagram illustrates how to connect the flipper coil correctly.
Noun used with modifier
- fore: Four claws are carved on each fore flipper; two on hind flippers.
- burger: The man has all the prospects of a burger flipper with a broken wrist.
- front: He had a damaged front flipper and was very weak, but otherwise seemed to be fine.
- right: She had a swollen jaw and swollen front right flipper and was obviously in a lot of pain.
Possessives
- seal: For instance, compare a seal's flipper with a bird's wing.
Preposition: of
- turtle: We watched a couple of baby sealions trying to chew the back flippers of a turtle coming ashore.
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