tongue-lash
Example Sentences
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Sometimes their officers had to tongue-lash them into action.
From Time Magazine Archive
The notoriously acerbic Chancellor did not tongue-lash his guest, and discussion about the neutron bomb was kept short.
From Time Magazine Archive
The closing of Congress gave Senator Pat Harrison some fine opportunities to tongue-lash Republicans, and he was not slow to seize his opportunities.
From Time Magazine Archive
After Huie denounced Wallace on a lecture tour in 1964, the Governor went on television to tongue-lash the writer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maybe he’ll kick him out, maybe he’ll roast him bad, and tongue-lash him.
From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum
