Example Sentences

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The female appears insensible to this flagellatory twirl.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Thank you, my dear friend, for your flagellatory recipe, which I beg to decline.

From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny

The worst of it is, that when empty they are keenest after it, and nab it in spite of one's most frantic appeals, both verbal and flagellatory.

From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Butler, Samuel