Example Sentences

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He must have been thrashing in his sleep.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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 Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

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 Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Till now you have studied man merely in books and philosophical treatises; or, in other words, you have been thrashing empty straw. 

From Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom by Borrow, George Henry

"Especially since you have been thrashing 'em into shape for so many days, sergeant."

From The Tree of Appomattox by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)