31.   As it flexes its muscle on the world stage, the American gun lobby is already earning bad reviews.

32.   Athletes tend to live on intimate terms with the tools of their trade, flexing their muscles day and night.

33.   At the moment, both sides are flexing their muscles.

34.   Bishop Eddie Lee Long walks before a full-length mirror, pauses to gaze at his reflection and flexes his muscles.

35.   Both teams flexed their muscles, combining for seven home runs.

36.   Both sides of the abortion issue are trying to flex their muscles.

37.   A church hierarchy that once seemed to impede progress on fighting priestly abuse may now be in a position to flex its muscles.

38.   A bare-chested fan flexed his muscles in the stands, but Cousins called the whole game in shirt sleeves.

39.   According to Pat Burns, the Boston coach, Brashear may have angered some Bruins by flexing his muscles in front of the Boston bench.