Example Sentences

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And it has a sense of humor, opening with a sidewalk preacher who flogs her Bible app.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025

Hawley's character are as outsized as ever, and the mythical Fahr-goh accent still flogs the ear – but the overwrought, flowery speeches that drowned the 2020 season aren’t as overwhelming.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2023

There is a snaking queue for OnoPops, an ice-cream company that flogs a Spam-based popsicle.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2017

Avon flogs make-up and skin cream under its own brand.

From Economist • Apr. 4, 2012

An offsider is a bullock-drivers assistant—one who walks on the off-side of the team and flogs the bullocks on that side when occasion arises.

From The Old Bush Songs by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)