spanking new
Example Sentences
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Sharon Schmeling, one of the couple’s children, said her father told her the surgery went well and that her mother had a “brand spanking new knee.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
Several expensive, brand spanking new, concrete slabs to complete a walkway on the side of my house.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
Look at the spanking new public buildings in Paris suburbs like Nanterre or Massy.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
I spend hours dreaming of having a kitchen with a spanking new, stainless steel, French-door version.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2021
Purple-faced Mr. Cranston on his feet, half strangled by his collar, miserable in his spanking new tailcoat with the too-long sleeves.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
