flagellation
Example Sentences
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I decided to take a break from the self flagellation, resulting from wasting clamshells of salad greens each week and do something different.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023
“There is so much flagellation as an artist; I need to be constantly throwing myself onto the ground for my work,” Hills said, adding that time in the spa has been a gift.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
Perhaps that sounds more like flagellation than it does fandom, but I’ve heard this point brought up by multiple people over the past few days.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
With their compelling blend of brain and brawn, flair and flagellation, they battered the mighty All Blacks in the autumn and put Ireland to the sword in Paris a fortnight ago.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2022
They involved doing penance for a sin not yet committed, intense and fervent penance accompanied by scourging and flagellation, so as to build up, as it were, a store of credit.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
