horsewhip

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

That dropped horsewhip, they soon knew, was an early sign of the brain tumors that would end her life a year later.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2019

Then on one spring day in April 2016, Margaret did something for the first time in her riding life: She dropped her horsewhip.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2019

In an incident reported in the British papers, the father of the young woman who would become Mr. Wilson’s second wife once descended on a dinner party in the couple’s London flat, brandishing a horsewhip.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2013

To many a Londoner the President's action looked like an attempt to horsewhip Britain into line for some sort of currency agreement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jemmy found the horsewhip where Hold-Your- Nose Billy had dropped it.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman