flagellate
verb (used with object)
to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
had flagellated
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past perfectof flagellate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Her conscience had flagellated her as the immediate cause of his illness, and she strove by every act of devotion to make amends.
From The Californians by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
And this, his silence at the cemetery, which had flagellated her with the unalterable past, now made him repugnant to her.
From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
