thrash
verb (used with object)
to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
have been thrashing
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present perfect progressiveof thrash.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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He must have been thrashing in his sleep.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
"Especially since you have been thrashing 'em into shape for so many days, sergeant."
From The Tree of Appomattox by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Someone might have been thrashing the trunks of the trees with a heavy stake; at times the sounds were almost metallic, while now and again an angry cough came to their ears.
From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
Colonel Talbot and his second in command, Lieutenant-Colonel St. Hilaire, have been thrashing it into shape in great fashion.
From The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
My dear sir, the man must have been thrashing about—absolutely thrashing about, like a dashed salmon on a dashed hook.
From Something New by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
