ferule

Example Sentences

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A kind of miracle happened: the ferule of the teacher became the poet's magic wand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yen picked up his ferule and hit it like a student.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

She even exaggerated, pinched her lips, like a school-girl applying herself to her book for fear of the ferule.

From The Bill-Toppers by Castaigne, J. André

He had a stick in his hand, which seemed to be armed at the lower end with a little ferule of iron.

From Rollo in London by Abbott, Jacob

Think of the old Quaker teacher, Caleb Johnson, trying to ferule a few ideas into Robert Fulton's head!

From The Child's Book of American Biography by Stimpson, Mary Stoyell