1.   Although Jacoby started, Richardson liked bringing in George when the team seemed flat.

2.   After the Czech victory, the Americans seemed flat.

3.   Cochran seemed oddly flat in his opening statement.

4.   For future reference, is there something to do when an interview seems flat?

5.   In both works, intonation was spotty, and themes that should have some buoyancy seemed flat.

6.   Law-enforcement officials have said that Duran seems emotionally flat, and today his face settled in a placid mask until the lawyers began discussing his mental state.

7.   Paper prints simply seemed too flat to her.

8.   People offered theories about art and science, about bending light and space, about an environment so three-dimensional that it seemed flat.

9.   The animation is done in rich, jewel-like colors, but it seems strangely flat.

10.   The Jets seemed flat after that, and there was no one around to cheer them up.