FLANGE in a Sentence

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For FLANGE, below is one of 3 sentences:
He bent over and again forced back the leaden flange; and then a shock of surprise and dismay shot through me.

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 Meanings and Examples of FLANGE
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flange
 n.  a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
Classic Sentence:
1  Taking the edge of the loose flange, he bent it back towards the foot of the coffin, and holding up the candle into the aperture, motioned to me to look.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
2  He bent over and again forced back the leaden flange; and then a shock of surprise and dismay shot through me.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
3  Van Helsing forced back the leaden flange, and we all looked in and recoiled.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
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