How to Use flirt in a Sentence

flirt

1 of 2 verb
  • They were flirting all night.
  • Who else would Aniston flirt with?
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • At the edges, some flirted while others danced.
    — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Boys learn to flirt in first grade and then never upgrade their skills.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Powell doesn’t just mean that stock prices are flirting with record highs.
    — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
  • At least Carl has Bailey to flirt with.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Upstairs on the sun deck, Damo flirts with the guests and works for his tip.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Mark briefly flirts with manosphere-style aggrievement, but anger doesn’t suit him.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
  • There was a lot of flirting and smiling going on.
    — Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Carol steals him away first and is so awkward and confused as to how to flirt.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
  • From time to time the thermometer flirts with 70.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
  • The june bug lands on the floor after flirting a while with the dining room lamp.
    — María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
  • This is cosmic permission to flirt with life again.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 12 Oct. 2025
  • If the arrangements flirt with cliché, then the lyrics dive straight into it.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Most of the songs topped, or flirted with the top, of the R&B charts.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Politicians have started flirting with the idea as well.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
  • He was allowed to talk but not flirt with bank tellers, baristas, and store clerks.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Hextall could flirt with late first but is more likely Day 2.
    — The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Prep clashing with punk, polish flirting with chaos.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The share price is also flirting with the 200dma.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Get ready to flirt with the unexpected!
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Politicians flirt with buckling.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 15 May 2026
  • Swimming and flirting with boys in a river stream after school.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
  • His would-be buzzer beater flirted with the backboard and every part of the rim.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Have been flirting with matching red Adidas track suits for all of us for years now.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
  • Beyond showing off your pearly whites, body language goes a long way when flirting.
    — Alexis Jones, Women's Health, 4 May 2023
  • Oh yeah, also, there’s some blond guy flirting with Emma in that class?
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Their advice to everyone is to flirt with yourself first.
    — Aj Mason, Them., 8 Aug. 2025
  • Lately, men have been looking at me, smiling and even flirting.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 5 July 2023
  • The two starters matched zeros through four innings and both flirted with no-hitters.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026

flirt

2 of 2 noun
  • Fire up the flirt pole Cats have teaser wands, dogs have flirt poles.
    — Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • White breaks down where to meet men based on four different flirt styles.
    — Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Those two soon flirt and that threatens to tear the brothers apart and the plan.
    — Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The two flirt through the stalls, unable to fully see the other.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Young men and women packed nightclubs to hear live rock music and flirt.
    — Barnaby Crowcroft, National Review, 17 July 2021
  • The ladies laugh, flirt, have a drink together, then fall into bed.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The women at this party have picked up on this, and some of them are getting their flirt on.
    — Curbed, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The way the request was delivered as a flirt but landed as a threat.
    — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Herb is a boisterous fellow who loves nothing more than a good flirt or a good prank.
    — Jamie Schler, Good Housekeeping, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Why flirt with possible trouble when the starter has already done his job?
    — New York Times, 30 Oct. 2021
  • After some flirt and pleas to take her out on a date, Faith finally obliged.
    — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The two flirt in the slow, and Sheeran presents Deutch with a pizza box.
    — Megan Armstrong, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2017
  • While there, the two flirt with one another and bond over their outsider status.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2021
  • The two flirt while discussing her husband’s recent health issues.
    — Kyesha Jennings, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The dialogue winks and sparks on the page, making every story feel like a flirt.
    — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Silas has been forced to watch Iris flirt with Percy and bore his sadness in silence.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • That’s unfortunate, since the movie flirts, and that is the word, with the idea of a romance between them.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2019
  • As oil flirts with the prospect of decline, energy executives are at odds over what to do.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Silver is magnificent as the aging flirt who has borne more hurts than any parent should.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Zoe told the publication that Noth would walk by her desk and flirt with her and leave messages on her work phone.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Philip always was a flirt and the Queen used to joke about his lascivious nature.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Gosling flirts and smirks while Fassbender festers with menace.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Orange County Register, 24 Mar. 2017
  • Gosling flirts and smirks, while Fassbender festers with menace.
    — Lindsey Bahr, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2017
  • The hole’s narrow fairway flirts with disaster on both sides – water and super high rough.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
  • While this energy is sweet and romantic, as an air sign and an epic flirt, Libras can be a bit flaky.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Instead, his gritty defense helped the Celtics cool down the Nets and flirt with an upset win.
    — Hunter Felt, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • Meanwhile, Thomas and Serena ride a banana boat, flirt, and kiss.
    — Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Individuals on the edges of the colony flirt with each other and form tentative pairs.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2015
  • His party-boy energy borders on the maniacal, and his club-ready rhythms flirt with the bizarre.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2022
  • As the light fades, the ambient temperature flirts with freezing.
    — Daniel Otis, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018

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