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flagellate

[flaj-uh-leyt, flaj-uh-lit, -leyt] / ˈflædʒ əˌleɪt, ˈflædʒ ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /


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But she also didn’t flagellate herself for the struggle.

From Washington Post Jan. 19, 2023

The flushing was ordered after three of 11 samples of the Lake Jackson’s water tested positive for the deadly flagellate.

From Seattle Times Oct. 6, 2020

But we don't need to flagellate ourselves with with guilt just because we happened to be born male identified.”

From Salon Dec. 13, 2018

The point of propelling moral progress is obviously not to accept the status quo, but it’s to identify problems and identify the solution to the problems, not to identify villains and flagellate the villains.

From Slate Feb. 20, 2018

They didn’t need to dwell on it over and over the way the coaches did and flagellate themselves with it.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

"This feeding mode is unique, and demonstrates how pico-sized flagellates can feed on larger cells, which is often not considered in the modelling of microbial food webs."

From Salon Dec. 10, 2022

The bottom level of the illustration shows primary producers, which include diatoms, green algae, blue-green algae, flagellates, and rotifers.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

There are plenty of various weird critters, including small flagellates, some of which are rare — and some of which seem to have never been documented before!

From Scientific American Oct. 17, 2013

This time he flagellates himself for overestimating Rick Perry and underestimating Newt Gingrich.

From Slate Dec. 31, 2011

No surprise need therefore be felt that Hamlet, though representing Montaigne, sneers at, and morally flagellates, himself.

From Shakspere and Montaigne by Feis, Jacob

The altered microbiota included higher levels of flagellated bacteria, which are known to activate the immune system and promote inflammation.

From Science Daily Dec. 26, 2025

The real-life Lawrence had himself flagellated, reflecting a tortured soul more than a starchy independent.

From Washington Post Apr. 6, 2022

Studies of Volvox, an alga that forms beautiful, flagellated green balls, shows that multicellular organisms also found new ways to use existing functions.

From Science Magazine Jun. 28, 2018

Some think he flagellated himself too much and BBC top brass not enough.

From The Guardian Oct. 8, 2017

On the first occasion the tentacles were completely covered with this protozoon, so that they appeared at first sight as though encased in flagellated epithelium.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

During the Ashura processions, which are held across the world, many participants beat their backs with chains, flagellating themselves in a symbolic expression of regret for not being able to help Hussein before his martyrdom.

From Washington Times Aug. 19, 2021

The central composer was the twentieth-century Russian ascetic Galina Ustvolskaya, who wrote spiritual music of flagellating force.

From The New Yorker Jun. 25, 2018

A crawling, oozing, flagellating suite of microbial life is central to the plant’s work.

From Seattle Times Mar. 12, 2017

She released a statement flagellating herself for including some choice phrasings Melania had highlighted for her.

From Slate Feb. 2, 2017

Consider coolly whether you are flagellating a thick-coated dog, or one with a skin not much coarser than your own.

From The Dog by Dinks




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