spanking
Example Sentences
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“When we’re launching a new movie like this, any time it’s brand spanking new, it takes a little more work to get retailers excited,” Lee said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
The 7-0 spanking in September - described as "rock-bottom" by a Shanghai-based newspaper – followed a year-long line of humiliating defeats which included losses to Oman, Uzbekistan and Hong Kong.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025
The spanking the 49ers took could do that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
She delivered sharp, spanking speeches to Iran, Russia and China at the United Nations for grown-ups?
From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
“Don’t you want to see the world?” she’d say, rolling out the dough for pierogi and then spanking it with her palm.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
