cudgels
- present tense form of cudgel (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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This scene emphasizes the film’s “savor every moment” theme that “We Live in Time” relentlessly cudgels viewers with for 108 endless minutes.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024
As Gabler reminded me, Winchell was an early and outspoken opponent of the Nazis and their American supporters and he considered ridicule one of his cudgels, most famously in his invented insult “Ratzis”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2019
Their stand-up turns jokes into cudgels to break down racism, homophobia and systemic discrimination, but they also tend to be more comfortable than many comics in delaying punch lines in service of an argument.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2018
These days, when a proposal leads people to lay down their partisan cudgels and cooperate, it must be an exceptionally good idea.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2018
Even the dryads were armed with bows, and the satyrs trotted around with wooden cudgels and shields made of rough tree bark.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
