flogging

Example Sentences

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Both players hyped up the Dubai contest like a pair of boxers flogging a fight.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

But opportunities like last week’s flogging of the new Porsche 911 Turbo S on Circuito Ascari are rare and require considerable schlepping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

But it’s also part of Netflix’s “rise and fall” true crime genre, cautioning against believing in figures like Johnson, who hooks young men by flogging a version of caveman masculinity that associates virility with dominance.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

After witnessing a sailor’s flogging, Cândido led a revolt against regular whipping by officers in 1910.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

“See,” he said, “they come quickly; they are flogging the horses, and galloping as hard as they can.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker