flogging

Example Sentences

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The Milan-Cortina Games have hardly been an exception, although there have been no reports of public flogging.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

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

He began by timing the ball to all corners of Lahore before flogging England's bowlers whenever they dropped too short.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

And if someone had told me at the time that this flogging clergyman was one day to become the Archbishop of Canterbury, I would never have believed it.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl