scourge
noun
a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
has scourged
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present perfectof scourge (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Yellow fever has scourged us through the autumn, and we have again taken to scourging ourselves with secession fancies.
From An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
How he has held his own against the world! how he has scourged its wickedness and folly, this gigantic optimist, who never wrote a single line in his own defence!
From The Martian by George Du Maurier
Mr. Lowell has not always hidden his scorn of a sham, and sometimes he has scourged it with a single sharp phrase.
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Brander Matthews
The grim fortress of Mont Valerien has scourged the horde of Bergeret.
From The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance by Richard Savage
Did I not find enjoyment once in the very imaginings of all that has scourged me since?
From The Californians by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
