spank

Example Sentences

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Liverpool are not just in the top half, they are a top team and they are in top spot - and they are going to spank them.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

Putin responded that “it’s better not to spank children and not to cite traditions,” but agreed that “unceremonious interference with the family is unacceptable,” and promised to review the law.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2021

My husband and I do not spank our son and do not believe it is ever appropriate to hit a child.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2019

That’s the thing with the pros; they’d spank us at crazy golf as well.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2019

Nobody would ever spank a kid who’d had a dead horse fall on him.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith