Example Sentences

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Against this background, these boys are thrashing out some of the weightiest matters of their days, with the deceptive simplicity of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, with occasional dollops of Penrod Jashber.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2016

On a stage set amid 16 vintage bowling alleys, a local rock band called The Cold Seas are thrashing their hair, while “Juicy” Jenn Hampton, the bar’s dazzling manager, doles out doughnuts.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2015

Some numbers verge on electronica, others are thrashing rock songs.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2015

It's breakfast time, and thousands of tilapia are thrashing their tails and sticking their mouths into the air to get some of the soy-and-corn mixture.

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 21, 2010

This here story they are thrashing out in there is the only derned sure-enough romanceful story either you or me is ever lible to run up against personal in all our lives.

From Danny's Own Story by Marquis, Don