cudgel
noun
a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
are cudgelling
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present progressiveof cudgel.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It is difficult, indeed, when you are cudgelling your brains, not to knit your brows, even if you only wish to decide if you will take your umbrella or not.
From Southern Arabia by Theodore Bent
They, doubtless, are cudgelling their brains to 'spot' your state in life—your past, which now has escaped you.
From Yet Again by Sir Max Beerbohm
