lash

Example Sentences

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Now the secretary and her aide are lashing out at underlings for simply following their orders.

From Salon

Substitute Boey ensured Gala would take a commanding lead to Turin next week as he lashed home from an angle five minutes from time.

From Barron's

The clouds were scudding across the moon; the stars had disappeared and there was a lashing of rain.

From Literature

Stephen Colbert lashed out at the Federal Communications Commission and his own network during his show Monday night after CBS scrapped an interview he had planned with a Texas politician.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rather than lashing out, Obama addressed the controversy in his trademark measured tone, framing the episode as part of a broader moral decline in American public life.

From Salon