lashing

Example Sentences

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Lashing back at foreign criticism of the poll last week, junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun told reporters: "It is not being held for the international community."

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Lashing out like this now is simply being a sore loser.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2025

Lashing back, the Regent’s lickspittle ministers pressed libel charges and Hunt ended up serving two years in prison.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2019

Lashing winds and rains have left more than a million people without power and tens of thousands without water.

From The Guardian • Sep. 10, 2017

Lashing my right hand is much harder, so hard it brings tears to my eyes, but I finally manage to pull the knot tight with my teeth.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick