cudgel
noun
a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
cudgelled
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past participleof cudgel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cudgel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cudgelnouna short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
Example Sentences
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Dollars & Scents In Manhattan prominent artists cudgelled their imaginations for the perfect perfume bottle.
From Time Magazine Archive
I became all at once very curious to know what the errand was which had pushed him so far from his home, and I cudgelled my brains to recollect his story.
From The Watchers A Novel by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
She simply accepted it as such, and cudgelled her brain for another more plausible solution of the mystery.
From Marjorie Dean, High School Junior by Pauline Lester
Even the despised and cudgelled ass had a share in his protection.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates
Charley cudgelled his brains continually, but for once his imagination failed him.
From Tales of the Fish Patrol by George Varian
