whipping

Example Sentences

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Magyar’s team feared the tactic risked whipping up hostility toward the candidate now traveling with scant security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Upbeat Midwestern activists withstood whipping winds to form a line of protesters stretching nearly three blocks of Burlington Avenue in Hastings, Neb.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

"I was worried they were going to become the 30-point whipping boys but they have turned it around after round one, and I am very pleased."

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Joziah feels that this has definitely affected the way he moves about his life, especially in spaces where he knows that people are constantly whipping out their phones.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

Her mother was painting when Jam came in, so the studio was full of loud music, old-school grime this time, the energy thumping against the light and Stormzy’s voice whipping around Bitter’s flying braids.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi