lash
Example Sentences
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The crews use mooring ropes to lash the ships as close as 11 feet from each other so that they roll in the waves together.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Will top-flight clubs spend the summer transfer window trying to master the set-piece meta by buying new free-kick takers and a gaggle of giants for them to lash the ball at?
From BBC • May 26, 2026
When powerful industries "lash out like this", Ahmed said, "it is the sound of a system under pressure."
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
The talks will take place as storms continue to lash Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians remain living in basic tents that offer little protection from the cold and flooding.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
This was more than I had hitherto endured, even from her, but the swift lash of his reply was unexpected.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing lash
"Ain't I a Woman?"
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Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 5
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Vocabulary from Readings 5, Unit 5
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