spanking

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

As a parent, it was important to April that she did things differently than her own father, and although spanking was commonplace in the 1990s, April never laid a hand on Hunter.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2024

The spanking the 49ers took could do that.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

Still, Judge Alia Moses had delivered a serious spanking to the federal government, saying it was wrong in arguing it had to cut the wire to carry out its mission to apprehend and detain migrants.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2023

It comes out gruffer than I intend on account of my spanking new voice.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson