tarred and feathered
Example Sentences
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"The weekend press tarred and feathered sterling with assertions of its emerging-market status," he said.
From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2022
Perhaps he was leery of the fate that befell former coach Mark Helfrich, who was tarred and feathered just two years after taking the Ducks to the national championship.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2021
“It would never even come out today; I'd be tarred and feathered and run out on a rail if they ever showed it!”
From Fox News • Sep. 12, 2020
Sullivan told The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner that many students strongly support him but “feel as though they cannot say anything publicly because they will be tarred and feathered as ‘rape sympathizers.’
From The New Yorker • Mar. 14, 2019
“Eight months! Thqr vanish to Boston for eight months and then show up with no warning and wanting tea. Tea! I could get tarred and feathered for brewing tea,” she muttered.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
